Stuck at BusyBox after a kernel reconfigure and migration to EXT4...?

[belikeyeshua]

Let me explain:

I installed Ubuntu 8.10 on this here Toshiba Satellite PRO L300 Laptop, 1.86Ghz dual core CPU, 1 GB RAM... lots of hard drive space.

It all worked fine until I decided to reconfigure my Linux Kernel (and upgrade to the latest 2.6.28 kernel instead of the .27 one.) I also migrated to EXT4 using a very simple guide and that worked fine.

I think somehow, I messed something up though. I think it might have something to do with their being so many different kernel sources in the /usr/src and /usr/src/linux folders from various attempts at configuring the kernel so that it is 'just right.'

Normally, I have never had any problems configuring the kernel, but this is different. I used this thread Master Kernel Thread - Ubuntu Forums

And it did bring up a couple errors after I did cd .. && dpkg -i linux*2.6.28*.deb, but I do not remember what it said.

Anyhow, when I try to load the latest kernel I have, it goes to BusyBox and says

Loading, please wait...
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/disk/by-uuid/5ba5e6e9-b227-4a41-be06-e0ea9e550531 does not exist. Dropping to a shell!

BusyBox v1.10.2 (Ubuntu...... blah blah blah.


Also, I am able to chroot into my system from a LIVE CD...

Any help would be appreciated.

[Jonathan183]

Have you checked uuid for partitions match entries in /etc/fstab and /boot/grub/menu.lst ...

ls /dev/disk/by-uuid -l

[miau]

I did something similar, but was able to fix it.
(btw /dev/disk doesn't exist in this case.)

boot up a livecd of jaunty,
mount your root device,
chroot to your root device
mount proc
recreate initramfs
reboot

applications.. accessories.. terminal..
sudo su -
mkdir /mnt/sda1
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1
chroot /mnt/sda1
mount /proc
update-initramfs -u
reboot