Re: [Mactel-linux-users] updating kernel screws up grub?

[Justin P. m. <jus...@gm...>]

On 04/16/2010 08:37 AM, Geoffrey wrote:
> cyberdork33 wrote:
>> It sounds like GRUB stage 1 lost track of where the stage 2 files
>> are.
>>
>> http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/html_node/Installing-GRUB-natively.html#Installing-GRUB-natively
>>
>
> Okay, got grub reinstalled and booting to original kernel.  Now I get
> the following when I attempt to boot the new kernel:
>
> mount: could not find filesystem '/dev/root'
> Setting up other filesystems.
> Setting up new root fs
> setuproot: moving /dev failed: No such file or directory
> no fstab.sys, mounting internal defaults
> setuproot: error mounting /proc: No such file or directory
> setuproot: error mounting /sys: No such file or directory
> Switching to new root and running init.
> unmounting old /dev
> unmounting old /proc
> unmounting old /sys
> switchroot: mount failed: No such file or directory
> Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!
> Pid: 1, comm: init Not tainted 2.6.33.2 #1
> Call Trace:
> .
>

never have seen this before..
doing a quick google gave me this:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/fedora-installation-39/fc6-mount-could-not-find-filesystem-dev-root-497332/

looking through the thread it seems it's the uuid
of the device(but could be wrong).

check /boot/grub/* and /etc/fstab to make sure the device
is set correctly,  also check in your .config
that ext2/3/4(whatever your filesystem is
that you build the module in the kernel i.g.
y" instead of "m".
(but looking at the error that might not be the case).

Justin P. Mattock