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soroush

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From: Urmia - IRAN

Registered: 2011-09-25

Posts: 33

[SOLVED] Unable to boot after update

After full system upgrade my arch is unable to boot kernel:

ERROR: device 'UUID=xxx...' not found, skipping fsck.
ERROR: unable to find root device 'UUID=xxx...'
You're being dropped to a recovery shell
....

I'm pretty sure UUID of /dev/sda2 is correct (double checked with Ubuntu live cd).

Last edited by soroush (2012-09-06 12:20:15)

progandy

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Registered: 2012-05-17

Posts: 5,321

Re: [SOLVED] Unable to boot after update

Try to use  /dev/disk/by-uuid/xxx... maybe the UUID shortcut is broken.

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soroush

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From: Urmia - IRAN

Registered: 2011-09-25

Posts: 33

Re: [SOLVED] Unable to boot after update

Same error:

ERROR: device '/dev/disk/by-uuid/xxx...' not found, skipping fsck.

soroush

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From: Urmia - IRAN

Registered: 2011-09-25

Posts: 33

Re: [SOLVED] Unable to boot after update

Regenerating initramfs solved the issue.
I think pacman should do this itself

progandy

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Registered: 2012-05-17

Posts: 5,321

Re: [SOLVED] Unable to boot after update

Then you need to provide more information. Bootloader? Kernel? Tried fallback initramfs?
Edit: OK, you solved it. pacman does regenerate the initramfs if the kernel is updated. It just didn't work for you this time.

Last edited by progandy (2012-09-06 12:21:55)

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