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Aurdal

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Registered: 2011-07-18

Posts: 3

Fatal: Could not load /lib/modules/2.6.39-ARCH/modules.dep

Hi, after doing a pacman -Syu today, my system will not boot.

Before being sent to a recover shell, with no usb drivers and therefore no keyboard, I get the following two errors, in order of appearance:

FATAL: Could not load /lib/modules/2.6.39-ARCH/modules.dep

and

ERROR: Unable to determine major/minor number of root device /dev/disk/by-uuid/xxx

I realise this may be little information to go by, but I'll appreciate any ideas and provide information as requested.

Thank you

MoonSwan

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From: Great White North

Registered: 2008-01-23

Posts: 881

Re: Fatal: Could not load /lib/modules/2.6.39-ARCH/modules.dep

Unable to determine major/minor number of root device /dev/disk/by-uuid/xxx

  This error has come up before in the community but I don't recall how to fix it.  Search the forums first then the wiki for an answer.  It may be the fix is over your head due to your inexperience, but at least attempting to find a solution, will go a long way in this forum. (hint:we highly value people who try, on their own, to fix things that break or malfunction.  DIY is queen bee here.  )

Aurdal

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Registered: 2011-07-18

Posts: 3

Re: Fatal: Could not load /lib/modules/2.6.39-ARCH/modules.dep

It's not that I have not tried to fix this myself. If there's an answer out there it's my google skills that are insufficient. I've found a few posts regarding the error, but none of the solutions proposed have worked. Anyway, thank you for taking your time to reply to my post.

I'll just reinstall. Not quite sure if that warrants marking it as solved.

.:B:.

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Registered: 2006-11-26

Posts: 5,819

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Re: Fatal: Could not load /lib/modules/2.6.39-ARCH/modules.dep

Chroot in with a live CD, claim supreme root powers:

$ su -
# depmod -a
# shutdown -r now

Et voilà.

Don't reinstall. It's a waste of your and our time, you won't learn anything .

Last edited by .:B:. (2011-07-21 11:55:53)

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