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The original was posted on /r/ubuntu by /u/HStuart18 on 2023-07-18 02:32:59+00:00.
This question has been asked several times already, but there does not appear to be a generic solution. I have an Ubuntu Server 10.04 machine that has been running perfectly fine over the last 2 weeks. Today I went to reboot the machine but ran into the below error.
Gave up waiting for root file system device. Common problems:
- Boot args (cat /proc/cmdline)
- Check rootdelay= (did the system wait long enough?)
- Missing modules (cat /proc/modules; ls dev)
ALERT! /dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-ubuntu--lv does not exist. Dropping to a shell!
BusyBox v1.30.1 (Ubuntu 1:1.30.1-7ubuntu3) built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.
(initramfs)
I have a ZFS pool that uses 2 HDDs (which I have disconnected) and an nvme boot drive that had LUKS encryption setup during installation. I have rebooted this machine in the past with no problem. Yesterday, I was screwing around a bit with my Python installation and may have stuffed something up...
(initramfs) blkid
/dev/nvme0n1p3 UUID=<uuid> TYPE="crypto_LUKS" PARTUUID=<uuid>
/dev/nvme0n1p1 UUID=<uuid> BLOCK_SIZE="512" TYPE="vfat" PARTUUID=<uuid>
/dev/nvme0n1p2 UUID=<uuid> BLOCK_SIZE="4096" TYPE="ext4" PARTUUID=<uuid>
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks