Thanks for the help. Does anybody know if there is a way to do this without a CD because I have no way to burn one right now. Josh On Mar 19, 2012 4:53 AM, "Jayesh Badwaik" <jayesh.badwaik90@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sunday 18 Mar 2012 23:58:59 Josh Silard wrote: > > Hi list, > > > > I recently performed an update of udev and my kernel and after this I am > > unable to boot the normal kernel or the fallback. When I try I get this > > error: > > > > ERROR: Unable to find root device > > '/dev/disk/by-uid/03619a2f-908f-4724-ba4b-1fb3985e382b' > > You are being dropped to a recovery shell > > Type 'exit' to try and continue booting > > sh: can't access tty; job control turned off > > > > Typing exit results in me dropping to another shell and if done > repeatedly > > a kernel panic. I attempted to boot via the grub console using the sda > > device block but I came up with the same error. When I look in /dev > through > > the recovery console that comes up the sda* blocks aren't present. > > > > I need to know if there is a way to do this without entirely reformatting > > my system, I also don't have easy access to another computer but I have > an > > android phone. Any assistance is greatly appreciated. > > > > Josh > > This appears to be a problem in initramfs. Do you remember configuring > hooks > for mkinitcpio? > > Take an ArchLinux Installer CD and boot into it. Configure network using > aif -p > partial-configure-network. Mount your original system partitions as fgr as > described. > > mkdir /mnt/lx > mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/lx > mount -o bind /proc /mnt/lx/proc > mount -o bind /dev /mnt/lx/dev > mount -o bind /sys /mnt/lx/sys > chroot /mnt/lx/ /bin/zsh > grub-install /dev/sda [--recheck] > > > Now, edit the /etc/mkinitcpio.conf file and make sure the followings hooks > appear in the proper order. > > HOOKS="base udev autodetect pata scsi sata filesystems " > > Regenerate the initramfs using the command > mkinitcpio -p linux > > Try booting again > -- > Jayesh Badwaik > >
