Ubuntu
linux-source-2.6.19 package

unable to boot on ext2 partition

Bug #74287 reported by Georg Duffner
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: linux-image-2.6.19-7-generic

i'm running ubuntu feisty fawn on an older hdd, on which i can only use ext2. with kernel 2.6.19-7 (and before with -6 too), i can't get into the system (up to -5 it worked), whereas i'm booting without any problem with the 2.6.17 kernel. i'm getting into a shell (ash) with the message:
[code]/bin/sh: can't access tty; job contol turned off
(initramfs)[/code]

if you could give me directions on the commands i would like to give you more informations.

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Georg Duffner (mcduff) wrote :

removed quiet and splash options in /boot/grub/menu.lst

now i'm getting following alert before the shell appears:

Alert! /dev/hdb1 does not exist. Dropping to a shell!

(hdb1 is the correct drive)

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Georg Duffner (mcduff) wrote :

i now found out, that this isn't a bug in the kernel, but in grub.
bug report is a duplicate to #73090.

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