Thread: Boot problems: white cursor and Gave up waiting for root device

i installed ubuntu 10.04lts (a dual boot windows 7), , have issues booting ubuntu; problem pretty combination of

- http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=981159
- http://askubuntu.com/questions/2622/...cursor-on-boot

top of grub file looked this

code:

  grub_default=0      #grub_hidden_timeout=0      grub_hidden_timeout_quiet=true      grub_timeout=10      grub_distributor=`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo debian`      grub_cmdline_linux_default="quiet splash"      grub_cmdline_linux=""

using meant after `grub` menu screen, blinking white cursor, , nothing else. ubuntu not boot @ all

after googling, changed quiet splash line to

code:

    grub_cmdline_linux_default="nomodeset quiet splash"

which still gives me blinking white cursor, after few minutes

code:

    gave waiting root device. common problems:      boot args (cat /proc/cmdline)      - check rootdelay= (did system wait long enough?)      - check root= (did system wait right device?)      - missing modules (cat /proc/modules: ls /dev)      alert! /dev/disk/by-uuid/0e53b2-5714-4c83-ae75-aa5a4329545d not exist. dropping shell!            busybox v1.13.3 (ubuntu 1:1.13.3-1ubuntu11) built-in shell (ash)       enter 'help' list of built-in commands.

if type exit, ubuntu boot (hurrah!) however, not ideal, each boot taking 10 minutes.

can me fix this? i'll happy post output commands help.

try boot repair tool. great job fixing grub-related boot problems.

if doens't fix things, run boot info script within boot repair tool , post contents. give information should figure out what's going wrong. boot repair work you.

click 'boot repair' link in signature line.

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