OS X is halting on boot after update
Problem description:
System is halted (frozen) when fully loaded. It’s able to run a one app before that (and it will work fine), but not any other app then. Even system reboot is unavailable.
EtreCheck version: 2.1.8 (121)
Report generated 12 Apr 2015 19:23:56 CEST
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Hardware Information: ℹ️
Mac mini (Late 2012) (Technical Specifications)
Mac mini - model: Macmini6,1
1 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2-core
16 GB RAM Upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
8 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
8 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Video Information: ℹ️
Intel HD Graphics 4000
Panasonic-TV 1920 x 1080 @ 50 Hz
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.10.3 (14D131) - Time since boot: 0:12:43
Disk Information: ℹ️
APPLE HDD HTS545050A7E362 disk1 : (500,11 GB)
EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Storage (disk1s2) /Volumes/Storage : 499.76 GB (228.25 GB free)
OCZ-AGILITY3 disk0 : (256,06 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / : 255.20 GB (134.13 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
USB Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. iPhone
Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple, Inc. IR Receiver
Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Configuration files: ℹ️
/etc/hosts - Count: 25
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
Anywhere
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
/Library/Application Support/VirtualBox
[not loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv (4.3.26) [Click for support]
[not loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetAdp (4.3.26) [Click for support]
[not loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetFlt (4.3.26) [Click for support]
[not loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB (4.3.26) [Click for support]
/System/Library/Extensions
[not loaded] com.Cycling74.driver.Soundflower (1.6.6 - SDK 10.6) [Click for support]
[not loaded] com.seagate.driver.PowSecDriverCore (5.2.6 - SDK 10.4) [Click for support]
/System/Library/Extensions/Seagate Storage Driver.kext/Contents/PlugIns
[not loaded] com.seagate.driver.PowSecLeafDriver_10_4 (5.2.6 - SDK 10.4) [Click for support]
[not loaded] com.seagate.driver.PowSecLeafDriver_10_5 (5.2.6 - SDK 10.5) [Click for support]
[not loaded] com.seagate.driver.SeagateDriveIcons (5.2.6 - SDK 10.4) [Click for support]
Problem System Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[failed] com.apple.watchdogd.plist [Click for details]
[running] com.seagate.TBDecorator.plist [Click for support]
Launch Agents: ℹ️
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist [Click for support]
[not loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist [Click for support]
[not loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist [Click for support]
[not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer.plist [Click for support]
[not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_desktop.plist [Click for support]
[not loaded] org.chromium.chromoting.plist [Click for support]
[not loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.startx.plist [Click for support]
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[not loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist [Click for support]
[not loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist [Click for support]
[not loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist [Click for support]
[not loaded] com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist [Click for support]
[not loaded] com.skype.skypeinstaller.plist [Click for support]
[not loaded] com.teamviewer.Helper.plist [Click for support]
[not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_service.plist [Click for support]
[not loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx.plist [Click for support]
[not loaded] org.virtualbox.startup.plist [Click for support]
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
[not loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist [Click for support]
[not loaded] com.coppertino.VoxHelper.plist [Click for support]
[not loaded] com.google.Chrome.framework.plist [Click for support]
[not loaded] com.remysaissy.mongodbprefspane.plist.disabled [Click for support]
[not loaded] com.vemedio.Snowtape.RadioAgent.plist [Click for support]
[not loaded] org.virtualbox.vboxwebsrv.plist [Click for support]
User Login Items: ℹ️
iSyncr Application (/Applications/iSyncr.app)
Flux Application (/Applications/Flux.app)
iTunesHelper Application (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)
BitTorrent Sync Application (/Applications/BitTorrent Sync.app)
Dropbox Application (/Applications/Dropbox.app)
Google Drive Application (/Applications/Google Drive.app)
Android File Transfer Agent Application (/Users/[redacted]/Library/Application Support/Google/Android File Transfer/Android File Transfer Agent.app)
360云盘 Application (/Applications/360云盘.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
AdobeAAMDetect: Version: AdobeAAMDetect 1.0.0.0 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.10 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.10 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
VLC Plugin: Version: 2.2.0 [Click for support]
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 8 Update 31 Check version
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
remoting_host_prefpane [Click for support]
Java [Click for support]
MongoDB [Click for support]
MusicManager [Click for support]
Seagate Dashboard for Mac OSX [Click for support]
VOX Preferences [Click for support]
Time Machine: ℹ️
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
10% WindowServer
3% Google Chrome
1% ps
0% blued
0% hidd
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
241 MB Google Chrome
161 MB Google Chrome Helper
155 MB Console
155 MB WindowServer
120 MB Finder
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
9.31 GB Free RAM
5.49 GB Active RAM
1.22 GB Inactive RAM
1.15 GB Wired RAM
1.88 GB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs
Diagnostics Information: ℹ️
Apr 12, 2015, 07:17:36 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/mdworker_2015-04-12-191736_[re dacted].crash
Apr 12, 2015, 07:10:30 PM Self test - passed
Apr 12, 2015, 07:10:11 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/CVMCompiler_2015-04-12-191011_ [redacted].crash
Apr 12, 2015, 07:10:08 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Terminal_2015-04-12-191008_[redacted].hang
Apr 12, 2015, 07:10:01 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/CVMCompiler_2015-04-12-191001_ [redacted].crash
Apr 12, 2015, 07:09:51 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/CVMCompiler_2015-04-12-190951_ [redacted].crash
Apr 12, 2015, 07:09:41 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/CVMCompiler_2015-04-12-190941_ [redacted].crash
Apr 12, 2015, 07:09:30 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/CVMCompiler_2015-04-12-190930_ [redacted].crash
Apr 12, 2015, 07:09:20 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/CVMCompiler_2015-04-12-190920_ [redacted].crash
Apr 12, 2015, 07:09:10 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/CVMCompiler_2015-04-12-190910_ [redacted].crash
Apr 12, 2015, 07:09:00 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/CVMCompiler_2015-04-12-190900_ [redacted].crash
Apr 12, 2015, 07:08:50 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/CVMCompiler_2015-04-12-190850_ [redacted].crash
Apr 12, 2015, 07:08:39 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/CVMCompiler_2015-04-12-190839_ [redacted].crash
Apr 12, 2015, 07:08:29 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/CVMCompiler_2015-04-12-190829_ [redacted].crash
Apr 12, 2015, 07:08:19 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/CVMCompiler_2015-04-12-190819_ [redacted].crash
Apr 12, 2015, 07:08:09 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/CVMCompiler_2015-04-12-190809_ [redacted].crash
Apr 12, 2015, 07:08:00 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/CVMCompiler_2015-04-12-190800_ [redacted].crash
Apr 12, 2015, 06:58:57 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/CVMCompiler_2015-04-12-185857_ [redacted].crash
Apr 12, 2015, 06:58:47 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/CVMCompiler_2015-04-12-185847_ [redacted].crash
Apr 12, 2015, 06:58:37 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/CVMCompiler_2015-04-12-185837_ [redacted].crash
Apr 12, 2015, 06:58:27 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/CVMCompiler_2015-04-12-185827_ [redacted].crash
Apr 12, 2015, 06:58:17 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/CVMCompiler_2015-04-12-185817_ [redacted].crash
Apr 12, 2015, 06:58:07 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/CVMCompiler_2015-04-12-185807_ [redacted].crash
Apr 12, 2015, 02:48:45 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/remoting_me2me_host_2015-04-12-144845_[redacted ].crash
Apr 12, 2015, 02:32:10 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/remoting_me2me_host_2015-04-12-143210_[redacted ].crash
Apr 12, 2015, 02:07:33 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/WindowServer_2015-04-12-140733_[redacted].crash
Apr 12, 2015, 12:59:31 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/BitdefenderVirusScanner_2015-04-12-125931_[reda cted].cpu_resource.diag [Click for details]
Apr 12, 2015, 12:35:03 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Disk Utility_2015-04-12-123503_[redacted].hang
Apr 12, 2015, 12:22:30 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/com.apple.AmbientDisplayAgent_2015-04-12-122230 _[redacted].crash
Apr 12, 2015, 11:58:31 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/storedownloadd_2015-04-12-115831_[redacted].cpu _resource.diag [Click for details]
Apr 12, 2015, 11:44:01 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/installd_2015-04-12-114401_[redacted].cpu_resou rce.diag [Click for details]
Apr 12, 2015, 10:21:45 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Google Chrome_2015-04-12-102145_[redacted].hang
Apr 12, 2015, 10:21:11 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/App Store_2015-04-12-102111_[redacted].hang
Apr 12, 2015, 10:21:09 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/com.apple.WebKit.WebContent_2015-04-12-102109_[ redacted].hang
Apr 12, 2015, 09:55:44 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/remoting_me2me_host_2015-04-12-095544_[redacted ].crash
Apr 12, 2015, 09:51:08 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Google Drive_2015-04-12-095108_[redacted].crash
Apr 12, 2015, 12:44:44 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/remoting_me2me_host_2015-04-12-004444_[redacted ].crash
Apr 11, 2015, 03:55:07 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/remoting_me2me_host_2015-04-11-155507_[redacted ].crash
Apr 11, 2015, 03:53:24 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Google Drive_2015-04-11-155324_[redacted].crash
Apr 11, 2015, 01:35:11 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/remoting_me2me_host_2015-04-11-133511_[redacted ].crash
Apr 11, 2015, 10:50:50 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/discoveryd_2015-04-11-105050_[redacted].crash
Apr 6, 2015, 12:22:47 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Kernel_2015-04-06-122247_[redacted].panic [Click for details]
Apr 12, 2015, 10:46:20 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/remoting_me2me_host_2015-04-12-104620_[redacted ].crash
Hello SuzyParkerfan,
The article linked below details a number of troubleshooting steps that can help get your Mac to boot successfully.
Mac OS X: Gray screen appears during startup
http://support.apple.com/en-us/TS2570
Cheers,
Allen
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---------- After a few hours later ----------
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---------- After resting for a day ----------
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1) After resting for a while, the iMac would chime.
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By the way, I could hear the hard disk spinning up so that means the hard disk is working.
Can anyone help me solve this problem? Is it related to the firmware update? Any suggestions will be appreciated! Thanks!
AndyOK, I will try replacing the PRAM battery. Also, the PowerMac G3 and the other iMac 233MHz had the dead batteries. They are still working though... Should I replace them along with the iMac 333MHz? In case of not replacing, will they malfunction in future times? There are some symptoms on this two machines: 1. iMac 233MHz - No chime and no sound when adjusting system volume (the bi sound is not available), but iTunes and other applications can still use the audio device and output the sound via internal speakers; 2. PowerMac G3 450MHz - Will chime but sometimes hard to boot: 1) Chime but no screen; 2) No respond after pressing the power button => the power signal light won't light on. Every time I experienced this, I would open its case, pressing a small button (not quite understand what it does... anyway, just works if system halted.) near the PRAM battery and wait for about a minute, then close the case, and it boots. However, I have to reset "Date & Time"...
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Software raid won't boot after updating to "mdadm" in mkinitcpio.conf
After a power outage I've discovetred the config I was using (with raid in mkinitcpio.conf) no longer works, it's mdadm now - that's fine. I've updated that and re-run mkinitcpio successfully, however my system is unable to boot from the root filesystem /dev/md2 like so:
Waiting for 10 seconds for device /dev/md2 ...
Root device '/dev/md2' doesn't exist. Attempting to create it.
ERROR: Unable to determine major/minor number of root device '/dev/md2'.
You are being dropped to a recovery shell
Type 'exit' to try and continue booting
/bin/sh: can't access tty; job control turned off
[ramfs /]#
As far as I can see from reading various threads and http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ins … AID_or_LVM I'm doing the right things now (although I'm not using lvm at all, which makes the installation document a little confusing).
I think I've included all the appropriate bits of config here that should be working. I assume I've missed something fundamental - any ideas?
menu.lst:
# (0) Arch Linux
title Arch Linux [/boot/vmlinuz26]
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz26 root=/dev/md2 ro
initrd /kernel26.img
mkinitcpio.conf:
HOOKS="base udev autodetect pata scsi mdadm sata filesystems"
fstab:
/dev/md1 /boot ext3 defaults 0 1
/dev/md2 / ext3 defaults 0 1
mdadm.conf
ARRAY /dev/md1 level=raid1 num-devices=2 metadata=0.90 UUID=7ae70fa6:9f54ba0a:21
47a9fe:d45dbc0c
ARRAY /dev/md2 level=raid1 num-devices=2 metadata=0.90 UUID=20560268:8a089af7:e6
043406:dbdabe38
Thanks!Hi magec, that's quite helfpul - I've certainly got further.
Before I was doing this to set up the chroot (which is what is suggested in the wiki article about setting up software raid):
mdadm -A /dev/md1 /dev/sda1 /dev/sdb1
mdadm -A /dev/md2 /dev/sda2 /dev/sdb2
mount /dev/md2 /mnt
mount /dev/md1 /mnt/boot
mount -o bind /dev /mnt/dev
mount -t proc none /mnt/proc
chroot /mnt /bin/bash
But based on your suggestion it's working better
mdadm -A /dev/md1 /dev/sda1 /dev/sdb1
mdadm -A /dev/md2 /dev/sda2 /dev/sdb2
mount /dev/md2 /mnt
mount /dev/md1 /mnt/boot
mount -t proc none /mnt/proc
mount -t sysfs none /mnt/sys
mount -n -t ramfs none /mnt/dev
cp -Rp /dev/* /mnt/dev
chroot /mnt /bin/bash
The boot is now getting further, but now I'm getting:
md: md2 stopped.
md: bind<sdb2>
md: bind<sda2>
raid1: raid set md2 active with 2 out of 2 mirrors
md2: detected capacity change from 0 to 32218349568
mdadm: /dev/md2 has been started with 2 drives.
md2: Waiting 10 seconds for device /dev/md2 ...
unknown partition table
mount: mounting /dev/md2 on /new_root failed: No such device
ERROR: Failed to mount the real root device.
Bailing out, you are on your own. Good luck.
/bin/sh: can't access tty; job contol turned off
[ramfs /]#
The bit that really confuses me is this:
[ramfs /]# cat /proc/mdstat
Personalities : [raid1]
md2 : active raid1 sda2[0] sdb2[1]
31463232 blocks [2/2] [UU]
md1 : active raid1 sda1[0] sdb1[1]
208704 blocks [2/2] [UU]
unused devices: <none>
[ramfs /]# mount /dev/md2 /new_root
mount: mounting /dev/md2 on /new_root failed: No such file or directory
[ramfs /]# ls /dev/md2
/dev/md2
[ramfs /]#
So the array is up, the device node is there but it can't be mounted? Very strange.
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Macbook pro won't boot after updating to 10.9.3
I ran the update to 10.9.3 yesterday. After reboot the Mail program gave me an error that it might not be compatible with the OS. I restarted, now I get the a progress bar. It goes for about 30 seconds then powers the macbook down.
Here's what I've tried.
1. Booting into recovery mode (both Internet recovery and regular recovery)
2. I cant repair permissions or repair the disk. It says that it needs to be reloaded, etc
3. I tried a reinstall. I'm getting a disk locked error on the Macintosh HD and recovery HD.
4. Can't boot into safe boot. I get a driver error and Mac OS Version: not set yet.
5. I tried Turning off Encryption. It won't turn off.
6. When I choose the startup disk to boot to, it still shows 10.9.2, even though the app store showed that 10.9.3 was installed.
Pretty much combed the forums, but I'm not really sure what to do at this point. The machine is out of warranty and I don't have another Mac to do any cloning, usb startup disks, etc. I made an appointment with the genius bar tomorrow but I wanted to see if there's something else I can try! Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks.
DanDo you have a Time Machine backup? If so, erase the disk and reinstall OS X. HOWEVER, DO NOT CONTINUE UNLESS YOU HAVE A TIME MACHINE BACKUP!!! IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A BACKUP AND STILL DECIDE TO CONTINUE, BE AWARE THAT ALL YOUR DATA WILL BE LOST FOREVER!!!
Erase and Reinstall OS X
Note: This will delete all data on the disk. Back up important files before continuing.
Erasing and then reinstalling OS X can give you a fresh start, making your computer exactly as it was whenever you received it from Apple. This can solve various problems such as corrupt system files.
Shut down the computer by going to Apple () > Shut Down…
Select Shut Down or allow the computer to shut down automatically.
Plug in the MagSafe power adapter into a power source and then connect it to your Mac if you have not already done so.
Press the Power Button to turn on the computer.
Press and hold both the R and Command (⌘) keys on the keyboard until the Recovery partition loads. If this does not work, shut down the computer, press the Power Button to turn on the computer, and then hold in the Alt (⌥) button immediately after you press the power button. Then, select the Recovery HD partition to boot up in the Recovery HD partition.
Select Disk Utility and then choose Continue.
Select your startup disk (Macintosh HD by default) from the left.
Select the Erase tab.
Choose the Format pop-up menu and choose Mac OS Extended (Journaled), enter a name for your disk, and then click Erase.
After the disk is erased, choose Disk Utility > Quit Disk Utility.
Select Reinstall OS X and then choose Continue.
Follow the instructions.
I hope I helped.
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G41 Fails to boot after updating BIOS
I hope that somebody has some suggestions, and thank you in advance.
I am helping out a friend who has inherited a 2881-22U. I have managed to successfully upgrade to an 120GB HD and copy the Recovery partition to the drive. (Hey, you use what you can in education). I have gone through the reinstall process successfully several times, and have worked for two weeks with several test WinXP loads so I know that the system works properly.
In checking the support website, of course, I noticed that there was a BIOS update (1XET57WW) and so I did the 1xuj15us.exe non-diskette update. It successfully completed and then rebooted automatically. Windows then failed to load - it hangs during the load process. With trying to boot in Safe Mode & with logging, it would appear that the system hangs after loading drivers\mup.sys (normal configuration) or drivers\agpcpq.sys (safe mode).
If I press the Access IBM button, the recovery partition (IBM Rescue and Recovery) software runs OK, and when if I select "Restore factory contents", it properly completes the format & copy, reboots, does the first automated batch file sequence, reboots and then hangs (at the same place as described above, never getting to SysPrep).
If I put the original 30GB drive back in, it also fails loading Windows XP at the same spot, now that the BIOS has changed.
The system was previously upgraded to 1GB years ago. The system was purchased in January 2005. The hardware diagnostics pass OK.
Thoughts on what's wrong and possible remedies:
Is there some BIOS setting that got changed that I am not understanding?
Is the BIOS update somehow bad (even though the recovery partition software runs OK)?
Was the recovery partition image upgraded as well when the BIOS was updated? If so, what is the specific part number to get the revised image?
Is there some way I can get a BIOS image rollback to an older version?
Thanks for any responses.
Solved!
Go to Solution.Solved the problem:
Got the 1xuj15ud.exe diskette BIOS update and got it transferred to a USB flash drive (kind of hard to use a diskette when the system does not have a floppy drive).
Did the update. Reset the BIOS settings again. Voilà, Windows starts loading again.
Why I needed to reflash again, I dunno... Didn't have any sort of error message after the first flash. Certainly wasn't resetting the BIOS settings to default - already did that the first time around. -
[SOLVED] Kernel will not boot after update to 3.1.5
Not sure what went wrong here. Pacman seemed to hang when updating, so I CTRL-C'd it and restarted the upgrade. It seemed to complete properly. That was a few hours ago and I did not immediately reboot the computer but went on with my work instead. After rebooting the laptop I get this
***normal boot up to this :
Running Hook [uresume]
resume libgcrypt version: 1.5.0
resume: Could not stat the resume device file '/dev/sda4'
Please type in the full path name to try again or press ENTER to boot the system: _
Pressing ENTER at this point results in mean looking error message :
ERROR : Unable to determine major/minor number of root device '/dev/sda4'
You are being dropped to a recovery shell
Type 'exit' to try and continue booting
sh: can't access tty: job control turned off
[ramfs /]# _
**typing exit**
Trying to continue (this will most likely fail)...
mount: you must specify the filesystem type
You are being dropped into an emergency shell
sh: can't access tty: job control turned off
[ramfs /]# _
Did I somehow ruin my install or is there something I can do?
EDIT : Oh and it can still boot the windows partition, so it's not likely due to defective hardware.
Last edited by bolshevik (2011-12-16 14:31:19)bolshevik wrote:
Not sure what went wrong here. Pacman seemed to hang when updating, so I CTRL-C'd it and restarted the upgrade. It seemed to complete properly. That was a few hours ago and I did not immediately reboot the computer but went on with my work instead. After rebooting the laptop I get this
***normal boot up to this :
Running Hook [uresume]
resume libgcrypt version: 1.5.0
resume: Could not stat the resume device file '/dev/sda4'
Please type in the full path name to try again or press ENTER to boot the system: _
Pressing ENTER at this point results in mean looking error message :
ERROR : Unable to determine major/minor number of root device '/dev/sda4'
You are being dropped to a recovery shell
Type 'exit' to try and continue booting
sh: can't access tty: job control turned off
[ramfs /]# _
**typing exit**
Trying to continue (this will most likely fail)...
mount: you must specify the filesystem type
You are being dropped into an emergency shell
sh: can't access tty: job control turned off
[ramfs /]# _
Did I somehow ruin my install or is there something I can do?
EDIT : Oh and it can still boot the windows partition, so it's not likely due to defective hardware.
If you foolishly interrupted the initramfs creation after a kernel upgrade and didn't regenerate it manually, you earned this.
You'll need to find a live CD so you can chroot to your install and rerun mkinitcpio.
Maybe you are looking for
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