Arch Linux

BHReach

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Registered: 2008-12-28

Posts: 21

Won't boot after kernel upgrade

I installed Arch and attempted to upgrade the kernel. I had to remove these pkgs because the depended on previous kernel:

ipw3945
madwifi
ndiswrapper
rt2500
tiacx

After kernel upgrade, won't boot:

Root device '....' doesn't exist, attempting to create it.
ERROR: Failed to parse block device name for  '....'
ERROR: unable to create/detect root device '.......'
Dropping to recovery shell...

This is the final error messages after making the following attempts to correct the problem:

Added rootfstype=ext3 to kernel line.
Added rootdelay=8 (then 20) t6o kernel line.
Replaced UUID moniker with /dev/sda1 (SATA drive).

Checked /dev/ in recovery shell, no HD's listed.

Checked /etc/mkinitcpio.conf and it has sata listed under HOOKS.

Bill

userlander

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Registered: 2008-08-23

Posts: 413

Re: Won't boot after kernel upgrade

did you try the fallback kernel?

BHReach

Member

Registered: 2008-12-28

Posts: 21

Re: Won't boot after kernel upgrade

did you try the fallback kernel?

Yes, same result as with the upgraded kernel.

yvonney

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Registered: 2008-06-11

Posts: 671

Re: Won't boot after kernel upgrade

I've been to dozen of sites and many posts here. This has become a problem for me. Any ideas or solutions other than what's about here?