Boot alert

[oxman]

I am dual booting Dapper and Hardy.

I can boot Hardy

When I seek to boot Dapper I get:

Mounting Root File System
Waiting for Root File System

ALERT! /dev/disk/by-uuid/<number string>/ does not exist.

I am using an amd 64 but the Hardy kernel is generic and the Dapper kernel is 64 bit.

I have looked at the menu list in both distros and the uuid number designated for Dapper is the same in both of them.

Any help is appreciated.

[sisco311]

The uuid in menu.lst must be the uuid of your "/" (root) partition (not the uuid of the /boot partition).

To get the uuid of the partitions type:

sudo blkidin a terminal

Also check the uuid in the /etc/fstab and the uuid of the swap partition in /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/resume .

[oxman]

That was exactly the problem sir. I am very grateful to you for your kind assistance. May you receive many in return.

I wasn't sure what to do but took a shot in the dark. My Hardy partition had a specific uuid string for the entire sata drive. It has 4 kernel versions on it and lists the safe mode also. I simply cp the number onto every requested uuid under the assumption that all of them were in the same directory.

Joy!

Thanks again.