Re: [tlug] Etch bootup fail after installation

["Josh Glover" <jmglov@example.com>]

On 02/10/06, Charles Muller <acmuller@example.com> 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!

I assume you have the GRUB bootloader, in which case you need to
interrupt the boot process and drop to the GRUB shell, and try
something like:

root sd0,8
setup sd0

Google can make sure the syntax is correct. :)

-Josh