I solved this for me by running sudo dd bs=512 count=1 if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda1
which removes the vfat identifier from the partition but leaves ext3 intact. Remember to replace sda1 with your problematic partition. Perhaps this issue should be mentioned in the Karmic release notes? -- unable to mount an ext2 partition by label or uuid, unbootable system https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/428318 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs