Allegedly, on or about 28 May 2015, Neal Becker sent: > the rescue, which DOES work, says: > > linux16 /vmlinuz-0-rescue-39e9e51995d040a88bf6f0ae625ead80 > root=UUID=7246327b-1905-4fe2-9b6b-b9376017264f ro > rootflags=subvol=root00 > rhgb quiet > > > the default, which does NOT work, says: > linux16 /vmlinuz-4.0.4-301.fc22.x86_64 root=/dev/sdb8 ro > rootflags=subvol=root00 rhgb quiet LANG=en_US.UTF-8 > > > I did see an error about not finding /dev/sdb8 - I think that's the > problem.
I had the same problem with prior release(s). When the computer booted from the install media, it was sda and the harddrive was sdb. Post-installation, the computer booted from the harddrive, and called it sda, but all the written configs point to sdb. Change the grub config to either point "root=" to sda, or do the more reliable thing, and use the same UUID code that the working rescue entry used. It's a particularly dumb fault to do with boot environments (it's well known that some BIOSs rearrange the order of devices, depending on what was booted, or which devices responded first), and those who coded the installer ought to know better than to use sdb, when there's a reliable UUID written to the hard drive. On a related note, since someone had the foresight to make a "rescue" entry, perhaps someone might, also, have thought to include a "find the right partition" set of entries. So when booting fails, a fallback is a menu with the results from something that probes the partitions, then lists all the likely bootable candidates for you, and you can pick the right one. That'd get you into a working system, without having to try and figure out the grub command line with inadequate information, and a horrible environment to work in. -- [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -rsvp Linux 3.9.10-100.fc17.x86_64 #1 SMP Sun Jul 14 01:31:27 UTC 2013 x86_64 All mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted, there is no point trying to privately email me, I will only read messages posted to the public lists. George Orwell's '1984' was supposed to be a warning against tyranny, not a set of instructions for supposedly democratic governments. ZNQR LBH YBBX -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
