Dear friends,
I have a host machine with Ubuntu 7.10 which hosts using VMware Server 1.04 three virtual machines. One of them (Ubuntu 8.04 server) cannot
boot anymore after a reboot of the host machine. After this reboot, a failed fsck was performed. During the vm boot I get the following:
Starting up...
Loading, please wait...
\[12.120266\] sd 2:0:0:0: \[sda\] Assuming drive cache: write through
\[12.121139\] sd 2:0:0:0: \[sda\] Assuming drive cache: write through
\[12.125371\] sd 2:0:1:0: \[sdb\] Assuming drive cache: write through
\[12.125725\] sd 2:0:1:0: \[sdb\] Assuming drive cache: write through
Check root= bootarg cat /proc/cmdline
or missing modules, devices: cat /proc/modules ls /dev
Reading all physical volumes. This may take a while...
Found volume group "vmname" using metadata type lvm2
ALERT! /dev/mapper/vmname-root does not exist. Dropping to a shell!
BusyBox v1.1.3. (Debian 1:1.1.3-5ubuntu12) Built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.
(initramfs)
"vmname" is the name of the vm, so it is logical that the vm cannot boot, since its root is missing.
I desperately need your help, since this vm hosts basic services of my organization. Is there any way to fix this problem?
Thank you in advance!