[GLLUG] problem with grub

[Ben Whyall]

On 14/03/2014 08:02, Chris Bell wrote:
> On Thu 13 Mar, Ben Whyall wrote:
>>
>> Hi
>>
>> I have a problem I rebooted my desktop and its coming up with the following
>>
>> gave up waiting for root device
>>
>> alert /dev/disk/by-uuid-15e0064a.... does not exist.
>>
>> Dropping to shell.
>>
>> Now my /boot is on a raid partition
>> /root and the others are on lvm2
>>
>> When I look in the lvm in the shell it suggests that the lvm is inactive.
>>
>> I have tried using a live disk to rebuild grub but I must be missing the
>> correct command fu.
>>
>> Anyone got any suggestions
>>
>> Ben
>>
>
>     Which distribution + version? Is it a recent installation?
>

Hi

Its Debian unstable not recently installed but possibly the first time 
its been rebooted since kernel upgrade.  Although none of the old 
kernels boot either.

Interestingly when you look at the blkid that uuid exists its one of the 
inactive lvm logical volumes.

Ben