[tlug] SOLVED: Etch bootup fail after installation

[Charles Muller <acmuller@example.com>]

Charles Muller wrote:
> I've just bought a new Dell Dimension 5150c (160 GB SATA drive, 2.66 Duo 
> Core Intel) on which I'm trying to install Etch. The installation runs 
> fine, but on first boot, it hangs up at the following:
>
>       Begin: Waiting for root filesystem... ...
>       Done.
>            Check root= bootarg cat /proc/cmdline
>            or missing modules, devices: cat /proc/modules ls /dev
>       ALERT! /dev/sda8 does not exist. Dropping to a shell!

Suddenly it just started to work, dunno why.

I'm enjoying my fast new machine.


Chuck

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