On 2008-12-05 17:27 +0100, Jukka Salmi wrote: > I just installed Debian 4.0r5 on a i386 systems (Dell PowerEdge 2950). > While the installer seemed to have succeeded without problems, the > freshly installed system didn't boot because its root file systems could > not be found: > > Begin: Waiting for root file system... ... > [...] > sd 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sdb > > At this point the system hanged for some minutes, until > > ALERT! /dev/sdb3 does not exist. Dropping to a shell! > > was output and the BusyBox shell was executed. > > But indeed there is no /dev/sdb; there's only one (logical) disk > present, /dev/sda.
How many physical discs does the system have (removable and non-removable)? And do you know the kernel versions in the installer and the installed system? > While the installer was running I ran `fdisk -l /dev/sdb' and saw the > partitions I created. (I don't know what the installer kernel thought > /dev/sda was.) Reading /etc/fstab and /boot/grub/menu.lst after the > failed boot, it seems that for some strange reason the whole system was > installed to /dev/sdb. Fixing these files (sdb -> sda) and running > update-grub(8) resulted in a bootable system. > > Befor debugging this further: is this a known problem? Kind of, I guess. The device naming of the kernel is not static; the Lenny installer addresses this by using UUIDs in fstab and grub. Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
