Found some workarounds / indicators in the forums and got the PC up by doing Ctrl+D:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=388705&highlight=drive-by-uuid attaching fstab files for further assistance ** Attachment added: "/etc/fstab" http://librarian.launchpad.net/7050787/fstab -- IDE disks not found https://launchpad.net/bugs/97325 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs