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#1 2014-08-14 12:12:22

MaVac
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Registered: 2014-08-14
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[SOLVED]Unable to boot from SATA, but it works from USB

I have strange problem. I made an Arch installation in VMware virtual computer and then I copied the virtual disk to new SSD. When I install the disk into the real hardware (Intel Canoe Creek D2500CC board), i get the "ERROR: Unable to find root device '/dev/sda1'." error.
The strange thing is, that the computer can boot correctly, when I connect the SSD using SATA->USB bridge.
In the recovery shell there are no disk devices (/dev/sd*) so I think it is not a problem of changed device name (f.e. /dev/sdb1 instead of /dev/sda1), to me it looks like udev is not running.
What can be the problem, that the system boots normally when SSD is connected via USB and can not boot when connected directly to SATA port?

My mkinitcpio.conf:

# vim:set ft=sh
# MODULES
# The following modules are loaded before any boot hooks are
# run.  Advanced users may wish to specify all system modules
# in this array.  For instance:
#     MODULES="piix ide_disk reiserfs"
MODULES=""

# BINARIES
# This setting includes any additional binaries a given user may
# wish into the CPIO image.  This is run last, so it may be used to
# override the actual binaries included by a given hook
# BINARIES are dependency parsed, so you may safely ignore libraries
BINARIES=""

# FILES
# This setting is similar to BINARIES above, however, files are added
# as-is and are not parsed in any way.  This is useful for config files.
FILES=""

# HOOKS
# This is the most important setting in this file.  The HOOKS control the
# modules and scripts added to the image, and what happens at boot time.
# Order is important, and it is recommended that you do not change the
# order in which HOOKS are added.  Run 'mkinitcpio -H <hook name>' for
# help on a given hook.
# 'base' is _required_ unless you know precisely what you are doing.
# 'udev' is _required_ in order to automatically load modules
# 'filesystems' is _required_ unless you specify your fs modules in MODULES
# Examples:
##   This setup specifies all modules in the MODULES setting above.
##   No raid, lvm2, or encrypted root is needed.
#    HOOKS="base"
#
##   This setup will autodetect all modules for your system and should
##   work as a sane default
#    HOOKS="base udev autodetect block filesystems"
#
##   This setup will generate a 'full' image which supports most systems.
##   No autodetection is done.
#    HOOKS="base udev block filesystems"
#
##   This setup assembles a pata mdadm array with an encrypted root FS.
##   Note: See 'mkinitcpio -H mdadm' for more information on raid devices.
#    HOOKS="base udev block mdadm encrypt filesystems"
#
##   This setup loads an lvm2 volume group on a usb device.
#    HOOKS="base udev block lvm2 filesystems"
#
##   NOTE: If you have /usr on a separate partition, you MUST include the
#    usr, fsck and shutdown hooks.
HOOKS="base udev autodetect modconf block filesystems keyboard fsck"

# COMPRESSION
# Use this to compress the initramfs image. By default, gzip compression
# is used. Use 'cat' to create an uncompressed image.
#COMPRESSION="gzip"
#COMPRESSION="bzip2"
#COMPRESSION="lzma"
#COMPRESSION="xz"
#COMPRESSION="lzop"
#COMPRESSION="lz4"

# COMPRESSION_OPTIONS
# Additional options for the compressor
#COMPRESSION_OPTIONS=""

Last edited by MaVac (2014-08-15 05:55:18)

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#2 2014-08-14 19:57:37

MaVac
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Registered: 2014-08-14
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Re: [SOLVED]Unable to boot from SATA, but it works from USB

Problem solved! :-) I made update with pacman -Su and then everything is working perfectly. :-)

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#3 2014-08-14 20:51:16

emeres
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Re: [SOLVED]Unable to boot from SATA, but it works from USB

MaVac wrote:

Problem solved! :-) I made update with pacman -Su and then everything is working perfectly. :-)

Then please mark the thread as solved as well.

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#4 2014-08-15 05:55:44

MaVac
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Registered: 2014-08-14
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Re: [SOLVED]Unable to boot from SATA, but it works from USB

Done...:-)

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