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Ubuntu Alert: /dev/mapper/localhost-root does not exist. Dropping to a shell

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I'm currently using Ubuntu Maverick, and whenever I try to use a kernel newer than 2.6.32-21, I get this message: Does anyone have a clue what could be wrong? I'm not able to come up with anything. The entry in /etc/fstab looks like this: The hardware details are here: http://cdgenp01.csd.toshiba.c…

Error Output

ALERT!  /dev/mapper/localhost-root does not exist.  Dropping to a shell!

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Fix for: Ubuntu Alert: /dev/mapper/localhost-root does not exist. Dropping to a shell

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My boot configuration was borked in several ways, I guess because I fiddle with things too much. Here are the problems and solutions. Essentially all of these commands need to be run as root, so run beforehand. 1) The boot process didn't support LVM…

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