[clug] dist-upgrade to Debian Lenny - flagged boot problem

Jack Kelly endgame.dos at gmail.com
Tue Aug 11 01:22:01 MDT 2009


On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 3:53 PM, Daniel Pittman<daniel at rimspace.net> wrote:
> Felix Karpfen <felix.karpfen at gmail.com> writes:
>> The Debian Lenny Release Notes include the following entry:
>>
>>  4.8. System boot hangs on Waiting for root file system
>>  Procedure to recover from /dev/hda that became /dev/sda
>
> [...]
>
>> Given that only "some users" encounter this problem, what do I have to do to
>> not fall into this "some user" subdivision?

If the disks are already being detected/mounted as /dev/sdX, doesn't
that mean he won't have this problem? If they're being mounted as
/dev/hdX, he will?

So if mount shows / on /dev/hdX, then we can start fixfinding?

-- Jack


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