[UPDATE: the solution is to install Ubuntu server as normal and not as minimal virtual machine]
Hello
I'm trying to install ubuntu-10.04-server-i386 in Virtualbox on Windows XP Home (for use as a Drupal development server) using the instructions here
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VirtualBox
and here
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Ubuntu_as_Guest_OS
However, the Ubuntu server will not start properly. Instead it goes to an initramfs prompt as follows
Another thread suggested typing 'exit' after a while but it just repeats the same output.Code:Gave up waiting for root device. Common problems: — Boot args (cat /proc/cmdline) — Check rootdelay= (did the system wait long enough?) — Check root= (did the system wait for the right device?) — Missing modules (cat /proc/modules: ls /dev) ALERT! /dev/disk/by—uuid/7fe12763—234b—4a75—910b—3fb00Bebb2f1 does not exist. Dropping to a shell! BusyBox v1.13.3 (Ubuntu 1:1.13.3—1ubuntu11) built—in shell (ash) Enter 'help' for a list of built—in commands. (initramfs) _
It seems the root disk doesn't exist. I allowed the installer to set up partitions to its own recommendation (Guided?) although I'm not entirely sure what it did - I think there are two partitions but you guys will know that.
The host disk is SATA. The CPU is a dualcore but I've only enabled one CPU on the guest within Virtualbox. Also, I had to enable PAE mode as without it Virtualbox crashed every time I started the guest. PAE wasn't mentioned in the instructions mentioned above.
I've tried changing the various other disk parameters in Virtualbox (without fully understanding them) but no luck.
I also ran run the boot info script from a desktop LiveCD and the results are given below.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Code:cat /proc/modules e1000 97845 0 - Live 0xe0832000Code:Boot Info Script 0.55 dated February 15th, 2010 ============================= Boot Info Summary: ============================== => Grub 2 is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda and looks on the same drive in partition #1 for /boot/grub. sda1: _________________________________________________________________________ File system: ext4 Boot sector type: - Boot sector info: Operating System: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Boot files/dirs: /boot/grub/grub.cfg /etc/fstab /boot/grub/core.img sda2: _________________________________________________________________________ File system: Extended Partition Boot sector type: - Boot sector info: sda5: _________________________________________________________________________ File system: swap Boot sector type: - Boot sector info: =========================== Drive/Partition Info: ============================= Drive: sda ___________________ _____________________________________________________ Disk /dev/sda: 8589 MB, 8589934592 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1044 cylinders, total 16777216 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Partition Boot Start End Size Id System /dev/sda1 * 2,048 15,958,015 15,955,968 83 Linux /dev/sda2 15,960,062 16,775,167 815,106 5 Extended /dev/sda5 15,960,064 16,775,167 815,104 82 Linux swap / Solaris blkid -c /dev/null: ____________________________________________________________ Device UUID TYPE LABEL /dev/loop0 squashfs /dev/ramzswap0 swap /dev/sda1 7fe12763-234b-4a75-910b-3fb008ebb2f1 ext4 /dev/sda2: PTTYPE="dos" /dev/sda5 e7947be9-e634-4d49-9b6d-bfc9e2000cfe swap /dev/sda: PTTYPE="dos" ============================ "mount | grep ^/dev output: =========================== Device Mount_Point Type Options aufs / aufs (rw) /dev/sr0 /cdrom iso9660 (ro,noatime) /dev/loop0 /rofs squashfs (ro,noatime) =========================== sda1/boot/grub/grub.cfg: =========================== # # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE # # It is automatically generated by /usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig using templates # from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub # ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ### if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then load_env fi set default="0" if [ ${prev_saved_entry} ]; then set saved_entry=${prev_saved_entry} save_env saved_entry set prev_saved_entry= save_env prev_saved_entry set boot_once=true fi function savedefault { if [ -z ${boot_once} ]; then saved_entry=${chosen} save_env saved_entry fi } function recordfail { set recordfail=1 if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then if [ -z ${boot_once} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi; fi } insmod ext2 set root='(hd0,1)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 7fe12763-234b-4a75-910b-3fb008ebb2f1 if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then set gfxmode=640x480 insmod gfxterm insmod vbe if terminal_output gfxterm ; then true ; else # For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't # understand terminal_output terminal gfxterm fi fi insmod ext2 set root='(hd0,1)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 7fe12763-234b-4a75-910b-3fb008ebb2f1 set locale_dir=($root)/boot/grub/locale set lang=C.UTF-8 insmod gettext if [ ${recordfail} = 1 ]; then set timeout=-1 else set timeout=10 fi ### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ### set menu_color_normal=white/black set menu_color_highlight=black/light-gray ### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ### menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-21-generic-pae' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os { recordfail insmod ext2 set root='(hd0,1)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 7fe12763-234b-4a75-910b-3fb008ebb2f1 linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic-pae root=UUID=7fe12763-234b-4a75-910b-3fb008ebb2f1 ro quiet initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-21-generic-pae } menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-21-generic-pae (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os { recordfail insmod ext2 set root='(hd0,1)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 7fe12763-234b-4a75-910b-3fb008ebb2f1 echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.32-21-generic-pae ...' linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic-pae root=UUID=7fe12763-234b-4a75-910b-3fb008ebb2f1 ro single echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...' initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-21-generic-pae } ### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ### if [ ${timeout} != -1 ]; then if keystatus; then if keystatus --shift; then set timeout=-1 else set timeout=0 fi else if sleep --interruptible 3 ; then set timeout=0 fi fi fi ### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ### # This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries. Simply type the # menu entries you want to add after this comment. Be careful not to change # the 'exec tail' line above. ### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ### =============================== sda1/etc/fstab: =============================== # /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # Use 'blkid -o value -s UUID' to print the universally unique identifier # for a device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name # devices that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5). # # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> proc /proc proc nodev,noexec,nosuid 0 0 # / was on /dev/sda1 during installation UUID=7fe12763-234b-4a75-910b-3fb008ebb2f1 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1 # swap was on /dev/sda5 during installation UUID=e7947be9-e634-4d49-9b6d-bfc9e2000cfe none swap sw 0 0 =================== sda1: Location of files loaded by Grub: =================== 4.5GB: boot/grub/core.img 4.5GB: boot/grub/grub.cfg 4.5GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-21-generic-pae .2GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic-pae 4.5GB: initrd.img .2GB: vmlinuz
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Originally Posted by bind00
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