[64studio-devel] [64studio-users] Version 2.0 boot failure

[tim hall]

William McCanless wrote:
> Hello to all,
>
> I just installed version 2.0 on my AMD64 box, Athlon 64 2800+ on a
> PCCHIPS M848A board, with 1 gig memory, CD-rom, Pioneer DVD -+rw, and 2
> Seagate 120 gig IDE hard drives. Install was to hdb, with Suse 10.1
> running on hda. Install seemed to go fine, but stops right after boot
> begins, with message:
>
>    Begin: Waiting for root file system... ...
>
> After some time, it prints messages:
>
>    Check root=bootarg cat /proc/cmdline
>    or missing modules, devices: cat /proc/modules ls /dev
>    ALERT! /dev/hdb1 does not exist
>    Dropping to shell!
>
>    BusyBox v1.1.3 (Debian 1:1.1.3-4) Built-in shell (ash)
>    /bin/sh: can't access tty;
>
>    Job control turned off
>    (initramfs)_
>
> I have read everything I can find on the mail lists and forums, but
> found no solutions.  I suspect the problem lies somewhere in the boot
> files written into the master boot record by the installer, but I
> don't know enough about Linux to access that area.  This suspicion
> comes from a previous experience trying to install Debian. On that
> occasion the MBR was re-written in such a way as to cause Suse not to
> boot on hda.
>
> I hope this info helps someone to help me and others,
>   

Sorry I can't give an immediate answer.
I am very interested in boot failures and am currently on an information 
gathering exercise myself.
If I come across anything pertinent I'll post it.

cheers,

tim