On 8/6/07, Jeff D <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, 6 Aug 2007, William Walter wrote: > > > i've a computer with debian etch. i've recently added a new sata hard > drive > > and enter the harddrive in /etc/fstab. It was working fine. Suddenly > > today Debian etch is not booting properly. I'm getting > > the following errors: > > > > Begin:Mounting root file system ... > > Begin:Running /scripts/local-top ... > > Done. > > Begin:Running /scripts/local-premount ... > > Done. > > mount:Mounting /dev/sda1 on /root failed:No such Device > > > > Begin:Running /scripts/local-bottom... > > Done. > > Begin:Running /scripts/init-bottom... > > mount:Mounting /root/dev on /dev/.static/dev failed:No such file or > > directory > > Done. > > mount:Mounting /sys on /root/sys failed:No such file or directory > > > > mount:Mounting /proc on /root/proc failed:No such file or directory > > Target file system doesn't have /sbin/init > > > > BusyBox v1.1.3(Debian 1:1.1.3-3)Built in Shell(ash) > > Enter 'help' for a list of built in commands > > /bin/sh:can't access tty;job control turned off > > (initramfs) > > > > I've checked the cables it's fine. One more thing i like to mention. > When i > > > > disconnect the brand new hard drive no problem on booting. The problem > > is only when i add the new hard drive. Can anyone kindly help me find > the > > problem? Thanks. > > > >Sounds like your new drive is being found first. One thing you could do > >is, boot up with the new drive disconnected. run blkid, this will print > >out the uuid of drive/partitions. in /etc/fstab , replace /dev/sda# with > >the corresponding uuid. that way your system wont get confused when it > >finds the new disk.
After modifying the fstab file with UUID debian boots up without any error. I believe you are right. Thanks a lot for solving this problem.
