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bjourne
August 6th, 2008, 11:57 PM
I installed linux-image-2.6.24-19 and when I try to boot from it, I get the above message and am then dropped into an initramfs rescue shell. For some reason I have had lvm2 installed and /dev/mapper/Ubuntu-root is some kind of LVM partition. Don't ask me how or why - Ubuntu did that garbage automatically many dist-upgrades ago.

The boot command is for both 2.6.22 and 2.6.24:

/vmlinuz-2.6.2{2,4}-{14,19}-generic root=/dev/mapper/Ubuntu-root ro quiet splash

ascandroli
August 22nd, 2009, 12:02 PM
I've exactly the same problem. Did you find out how to fix it?

PmDematagoda
August 22nd, 2009, 12:43 PM
I've exactly the same problem. Did you find out how to fix it?

Please start a thread of your own describing your own problem in detail, trying to piggyback on an old thread probably may do more harm than good.

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