[Grml] boot hangs

martin yazdzik yazdzik at nyct.net
Tue May 29 20:50:15 CEST 2007


Dear M and friends,

Can anyone think of a reason why boot hangs at:

"begin searching for root file system"

It worked yesteday, not today.

Obviously,  without being able to mount /, there is no log.

Other than installing k3b, there were no changes.

Best,
m





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85	0,1,6	-		/etc/init.d/pdns-recursor
85	0,6	-		/etc/init.d/quota
85	-	6		/etc/init.d/kexec
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89	0,6	-		/etc/init.d/bastille-firewall
89	-	-		/etc/init.d/cron
89	0,6	-		/etc/init.d/shorewall
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89	0,6	-		/etc/init.d/resolvconf
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# This allows booting from any partition on disks with more than 1024
# cylinders.
lba32

# Specifies the boot device
boot=/dev/sda4

# Specifies the device that should be mounted as root.
# If the special name CURRENT is used, the root device is set to the
# device on which the root file system is currently mounted. If the root
# has been changed with  -r , the respective device is used. If the
# variable ROOT is omitted, the root device setting contained in the
# kernel image is used. It can be changed with the rdev program.
root=/dev/sda4

# use grml on software raid:
# raid-extra-boot=...


# Override dangerous defaults that rewrite the partition table:
# change-rules
# reset

# Prevent unattended booting:
#  password=...
# A password is only required to boot the image if kernel parameters are
# specified on the command line (e.g. 'single'):
#  restricted

bitmap=/boot/bootscreen.bmp
bmp-colors=138,,190,134,,190
bmp-table=210p,280p,1,10,150p
bmp-timer=540p,50p,125,0,190

install=bmp
prompt
timeout=50
map=/boot/map
vga=normal

image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-grml
        label="2.6.20-grml"
        #append="video=vesafb:ypan,1024x768-16 at 60 "
        append="grml_from_hd root=UUID=436de808-49ec-4664-bae7-5ae0e605fd24 noswraid swapon ide1=noprobe nofstab "
        read-only
        vga=0x0317
        initrd=/boot/initrd.img-2.6.20-grml

image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-grml
        label="grml-debug"
        append="debug log nocolor root=UUID=436de808-49ec-4664-bae7-5ae0e605fd24  "
        read-only
        initrd=/boot/initrd.img-2.6.20-grml

image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-grml
        label="grml-nofb"
        append="video=ofonly root=UUID=436de808-49ec-4664-bae7-5ae0e605fd24 "
        read-only
        initrd=/boot/initrd.img-2.6.20-grml


image=/boot/memtest86+.bin
        label="Memory Test+"
        read-only


# If you have another OS on this machine to boot, you can uncomment the
# following lines, changing the device name on the 'other' line to
# where your other OS' partition is.
#
# other=/dev/hda4
# label=HURD



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