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Loko123
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 Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 7:38 pm Post subject: [solved]System doesn't boot anymore |
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Hey guys,
I need your help...
After a crash,my laptop won't boot anymore  I've encrypted / with luks andcryptsetup, and I get the message "Could not mount specified ROOT, try again.
Could not find the ROOT block device in .
Please specify another value or press enter for the same, type "shell" for a Shell or q to skip."
Please help me, because I have made many important projects.
Loko123
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NeddySeagoon
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| Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 8:15 pm Post subject: |
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Loko123,
Boot a CD and see if the hard drive is seen at all.
The | Code: | | Could not find the ROOT block device in . |
message should list and hard drive partitions that exist just before the dot. Thats regardless of content.
Maybe your kernel or initrd is damaged or more seriously, maybe its your hardware.
What does the cd show for what about
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NeddySeagoon
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Loko123
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| Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2011 6:35 am Post subject: |
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Hey NeddySeagoon,
First of all I'm going to show you my bootloaderconf.
/boot/kernel-genkernel-x86_64-2.6.39 initrd=/boot/initramfs-genkernel-x86_64-2.6.39 dolvm root=/dev/ram0 init=linuxrc ramdisk=8192 crypt_root=/dev/sda2 real_root=/dev/mapper/gentoo-root
I have no live cd here, because I'm not at home right now.(I'm on holiday... And will ve back in 2 weeks).
I'll try these commands with the integrated shell /bin/ash
ls /dev/sd* print: /dev/sda /dev/sda1 /dev/sda2
Fdisk -l prints:
Command id not available.
Thanks for your help, I hope that we can fix it. |
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hedmo
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| Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2011 9:15 am Post subject: |
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Loko123
i am not a grub guy but as far as i see,you have your root parti...(sda2  ) still.have you tryed to switch kernel to load
if you have one can you see the grubboot screen .often when i have to force shutdown,i got a fsck block error ting when booting. and the only time i had a real boot error was when i compiled grub with gcc-4.7
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Loko123
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| Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2011 11:56 am Post subject: |
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| hedmo wrote: | Loko123
i am not a grub guy but as far as i see,you have your root parti...(sda2 ) still.have you tryed to switch kernel to load
if you have one can you see the grubboot screen .often when i have to force shutdown,i got a fsck block error ting when booting. and the only time i had a real boot error was when i compiled grub with gcc-4.7
hope there is some useful words there for you |
Hey hedmo,
I've solved the problem. I was in an Internet-Café and got Sysrescuecd. After that, I've repaired my initrd. Now it boots like a charm.
The block error was caused by a damaged initrd.
P.S. I'm not using Grub - I have chosen syslinux (extlinux) It works like a charm.
Thanks to all supporters here!
best wishes,
Loko123 |
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