Ubuntu server on VB 3.2.* - dev disk does not exist
Posted: 3. Jun 2010, 11:06
Hello
I'm trying to install ubuntu-10.04-server-i386 in Virtualbox on Windows XP Home (for use as a Drupal development server) using the instructions here
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VirtualBox
and here
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Ubuntu_as_Guest_OS
However, the Ubuntu server will not start properly. Instead it goes to an initramfs prompt as follows
Another thread suggested typing 'exit' after a while but it just repeats the same output.
It seems the root disk doesn't exist. I allowed the installer to set up partitions to its own recommendation (Guided) so there are two partitions.
The host disk is SATA. The CPU is a dualcore but I've only enabled one CPU on the guest within Virtualbox. Also, I had to enable PAE mode as without it Virtualbox crashed every time I started the guest with the message "Virtualbox GUI has encountered a problem and needs to close". PAE wasn't mentioned in the instructions mentioned above.
I've tried changing the various other disk parameters in Virtualbox (without fully understanding them) but no luck.
I had this problem on VB 3.2.0 and 3.2.2.
I've posted this at the Ubuntu forum too where someone has the exact same problem on a Solaris host.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
I'm trying to install ubuntu-10.04-server-i386 in Virtualbox on Windows XP Home (for use as a Drupal development server) using the instructions here
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VirtualBox
and here
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Ubuntu_as_Guest_OS
However, the Ubuntu server will not start properly. Instead it goes to an initramfs prompt as follows
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Gave up waiting for root device. Common problems:
— Boot args (cat /proc/cmdline)
— Check rootdelay= (did the system wait long enough?)
— Check root= (did the system wait for the right device?)
— Missing modules (cat /proc/modules: ls /dev)
ALERT! /dev/disk/by—uuid/7fe12763—234b—4a75—910b—3fb00Bebb2f1 does not exist. Dropping to a shell!
BusyBox v1.13.3 (Ubuntu 1:1.13.3—1ubuntu11) built—in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built—in commands.
(initramfs) _It seems the root disk doesn't exist. I allowed the installer to set up partitions to its own recommendation (Guided) so there are two partitions.
The host disk is SATA. The CPU is a dualcore but I've only enabled one CPU on the guest within Virtualbox. Also, I had to enable PAE mode as without it Virtualbox crashed every time I started the guest with the message "Virtualbox GUI has encountered a problem and needs to close". PAE wasn't mentioned in the instructions mentioned above.
I've tried changing the various other disk parameters in Virtualbox (without fully understanding them) but no luck.
I had this problem on VB 3.2.0 and 3.2.2.
I've posted this at the Ubuntu forum too where someone has the exact same problem on a Solaris host.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
