Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: grub
Description: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Release: 10.04
grub:
Installed: 0.97-29ubuntu60
Candidate: 0.97-29ubuntu60
Version table:
*** 0.97-29ubuntu60 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
After upgrading from within 9.10 using the instructions at
http://www.ubunturoot.com/2009/11/how-to-upgrade-ubuntu-910-karmic-koala.html,
the drive mapping in grub were altered to invalid values, although the Windows
option still worked.
When selecting any of the Linux options, it kept resulting in the following
error message:
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/mapper/nvidia_deaaicbd1 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)
Here's the steps I was instructed to take an the resulting outputs from
the commands:
cat /proc/cmdline
Result:
root=/dev/mapper/nvidia_deaaicbd1 ro quiet splash
ls /dev/sd*
Result:
/dev/sdf /dev/sdd /dev/sdb5 /dev/sdb3 /dev/sdb1 /dev/sda /dev/sde /dev/sdc
/dev/sdb4 /dev/sdb2 /dev/sdb
( I have a primary hdd with a linux/swap partition and windows partition, extra
hdd with 1 partition as spare space, then media multi-card reader)
I was then told to try changing the grub entry
root=/dev/mapper/nvidia_deaaicbd1 ro quiet splash to root=/dev/sdb5 ro
quiet splash and so on until I tried /dev/sdb1 and it finally loaded.
I then tried accessing /etc/default/grub to add the correction, but
/etc/default/grub didn't exist.
So I then typed sudo find / -name grub and this is the results:
/usr/sbin/grub
/usr/lib/grub
/usr/share/grub
/usr/share/doc/grub
/usr/share/recovery-mode/options/grub
/usr/share/bug/grub
/boot/grub
I ran sudo grub-mkconfig and checked it again with the same results.
For now I just went ahead and edited /boot/grub and made the corrections, but I
was told it will be undone on the next kernel update.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: grub 0.97-29ubuntu60
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Apr 28 12:37:21 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: grub
** Affects: grub (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: 9.10 boot error from grub i386 lucid upgrade
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Ubuntu 10.04 won't boot after upgrade from inside 9.10 - wrong drive configured
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571364
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