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#1 2012-02-13 21:06:04

scrawky
Member
Registered: 2011-09-23
Posts: 26

[SOLVED] install, pacman -Syuf, reboot: unable to find root device

last night and today i tried installing arch but i get stuck at "unable to find root device"

the process i follow is

install from cd
boot into root
download sudo and glibc
log into user account
get alsa, xorg, drivers, and window manager
start x
update to pacman 4
pacman-key --init
pacman -Syuf

then i reboot

after it reboots it says

"error: unable to find root device 'dev/disk/by-uuid/84661f5e=689c492a-aae2-6f09590fd7fb"

and it drops me into a reecovery shell

the next issue is that the recovery shell doesnt recognize my keyboard so i cant type or ctrl-alt-del i have to manually power the computer off and on then im stuck at the recovery shell unable to type anything in

heres the output of pacman -Syuf

:: Synchronizing package databases...
core is up to date
extra is up to date
community is up to date
multilib is up to date
:: Starting full system upgrade...
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...

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Total Download Size: 133.51 MiB
Total Installed Size: 469.53 MiB
Net Upgrade Size: 5.86 MiB

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i forgot to fix pacman.conf so i did then re ran pacman -Syuf and heres the rest of the output

:: Synchronizing package databases...
core is up to date
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Net Upgrade Size: 5.86 MiB

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ATTENTION UDEV:
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We now use upstream rules for assigning devices to the 'disk', 'optical',
'scanner' and 'video' groups. Beware of any changes.
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We no longer create symlinks from /dev/ to /dev/0.
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For security reasons, we no longer add devices to the 'storage' group. Use
udisks and friends, or add custom rules to /etc/udev.d/rules/, if you want
this functionality back.
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We no longer create the static nodes on install needed for an initrd-less boot
where devtmpfs is not mounted by the kernel, this only affects fresh installs.
--
devtmpfs support is now a hard requirement. Users of the official Arch kernels
have this enabled.
--
udev-compat has been removed, and should be uninstalled.
--
Framebuffers are no longer blacklisted by default.
--
binaries moved from /sbin to /usr/bin
---------------
upgrading device-mapper...
upgrading popt...
upgrading cryptsetup...
upgrading dhcpcd...
upgrading e2fsprogs...
upgrading eventlog...
upgrading expat...
upgrading sed...
upgrading fakeroot...
upgrading file...
upgrading findutils...
upgrading flex...
upgrading mpfr...
upgrading libmpc...
upgrading ppl...
upgrading gcc...
upgrading gettext...
upgrading grep...
upgrading gzip...
upgrading texinfo...
upgrading groff...
upgrading grub...
upgrading openssl...
upgrading libsasl...
upgrading libldap...
upgrading keyutils...
upgrading krb5...
upgrading heirloom-mailx...
upgrading iproute2...
upgrading kbd...
upgrading sysvinit...
upgrading initscripts...
If using non-bash-compatible shell, please set LANG in /etc/locale.conf,
as LOCALE in /etc/rc.conf no longer works.
upgrading sysfsutils...
upgrading iputils...
upgrading jfsutils...
upgrading less...
upgrading libnl...
upgrading libpcap...
upgrading libpipeline...
installing libltdl...
upgrading tar...
upgrading libtool...
upgrading licenses...
upgrading linux-firmware...
upgrading mkinitcpio-busybox...
upgrading mkinitcpio...
upgrading linux...
/tmp/alpm_3sLqcY/.INSTALL: line 47: mountpoint: command not found
WARNING: /boot appears to be a separate partition but is not mounted.
>>> Updating module dependencies. Please wait ...
>>> Generating initial ramdisk, using mkinitcpio. Please wait...
==> Building image from preset: 'default'
-> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux.img
==> Starting build: 3.2.5-1-ARCH
-> Parsing hook: [base]
==> ERROR: Hook 'udev' can not be found.
-> Parsing hook: [autodetect]
-> Parsing hook: [pata]
-> Parsing hook: [scsi]
-> Parsing hook: [sata]
-> Parsing hook: [filesystems]
-> Parsing hook: [usbinput]
==> Generating module dependencies
==> Creating gzip initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-linux.img
==> WARNING: errors were encountered during the build. The image may not be complete.
==> Image generation successful
==> Building image from preset: 'fallback'
-> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img -S autodetect
==> Starting build: 3.2.5-1-ARCH
-> Parsing hook: [base]
==> ERROR: Hook 'udev' can not be found.
-> Parsing hook: [pata]
-> Parsing hook: [scsi]
-> Parsing hook: [sata]
-> Parsing hook: [filesystems]
-> Parsing hook: [usbinput]
==> Generating module dependencies
==> Creating gzip initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img
==> WARNING: errors were encountered during the build. The image may not be complete.
==> Image generation successful
upgrading logrotate...
upgrading lvm2...
upgrading make...
upgrading man-db...
upgrading man-pages...
upgrading mdadm...
upgrading nano...
upgrading pacman-mirrorlist...
upgrading patch...
upgrading pkg-config...
upgrading ppp...
upgrading psmisc...
upgrading reiserfsprogs...
upgrading run-parts...
upgrading syslog-ng...
upgrading tzdata...
upgrading vi...
upgrading wget...
upgrading which...
upgrading wireless_tools...
upgrading wpa_supplicant...
upgrading xfsprogs...

im really at a loss of what to do. thanks for reading and i hope i can get this resolved today.

Last edited by scrawky (2012-02-13 22:41:57)

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#2 2012-02-13 21:09:31

wonder
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Re: [SOLVED] install, pacman -Syuf, reboot: unable to find root device

shit happens when you use -Syuf

with that command you just lost files. I recommand to use your livecd, chroot into your root and run pacman -Qk and reinstall all packages that have missing files.

after that, regenerate initrd image.

1) https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ch … nging_Root (don't forget to mount /boot as well if is on separate partition)
2) mkinitcpio -p linux


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#3 2012-02-13 22:40:59

scrawky
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Re: [SOLVED] install, pacman -Syuf, reboot: unable to find root device

ok, for some reason i thought i needed to pacman syuf when i really needed to force the filesystem update

thanks for the reply

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#4 2012-02-14 09:29:06

Stephanie
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Re: [SOLVED] install, pacman -Syuf, reboot: unable to find root device

scrawky wrote:

ok, for some reason i thought i needed to pacman syuf when i really needed to force the filesystem update

You don't need to force the update for everything just for the one package: Filesystem upgrade
Allways good to check the startpage before you update. smile


   Stephanie


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#5 2012-02-15 14:03:53

wizzrobe
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Re: [SOLVED] install, pacman -Syuf, reboot: unable to find root device

Dont feel bad.

I just pulled the same stunt on one of my older boxes, and I've been using arch for 5 years.

In a hurry as usual, all my brain picked up from the arch mainpage rss was: "It is strongly advised to avoid the --force or -f switch as it is not safe. However, in this particular case it is needed as deleting /etc/mtab manually would break pacman." Never even saw the filsystem word, and promply hosed my system.

Many thanks for the quick answer in this thread!

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