No root device found, Boot has failed, sleeping forever. F11 -> F12

[Texan]

Hi,
I'm new to Fedora.
Was running Fedora 11 without any problem, and updated to Fedora 12 and I get this failure when booting Fedora 12. Fedora 11 boots without any problem.

Hardware - Asus P4C800 Deluxe with 1 sata disk drive (no raid, no dual boot), 1 IDE DVD


dracut: Scanning for dmraid devices
dracut: Scanning for dmraid devices
dracut: Found dmraid sets:
ERROR: pdc: wrong # of devices in RAID set "pdc_biefgjbjbd" [1/2] on /dev/sda
ERROR: removing inconsistent RAID set "pdc_biefgjbjbd"
ERROR: no RAID set found
dracut: no raid set
dracut: Activating no
dracut: ERROR: pdc: wrong # of devices in RAID set "pdc_biefgjbjbd" [1/2] on /dev/sda
dracut: ERROR: either the required RAID set not found or more options required
dracut: no raid sets and with names "no"
dracut: Activating raid
dracut: ERROR: pdc: wrong # of devices in RAID set "pdc_biefgjbjbd" [1/2] on /dev/sda
dracut: ERROR: either the required RAID set not found or more options required
dracut: no raid sets with name "raid"
dracut: Activating sets
dracut: Foiund dmraid sets
dracut: No raid sets
dracut: Activating no


No root device found
Boot has failed, sleeping forever


Fedora (2.6.31.6-162.fc12i686.PAE) - doesn't boot.
Fedora (2.6.30.9-96.fc11.i686.PAE) - boots without any problem.


Any suggestion what could be wrong?


Thanks
Texan

[fairmonk]

I installed Fedora 12 on my PC. After a Video Driver installation Failure I get exactly the same message. No idea what to do next
I have this kind of error almost everytime I restart my PC, also some times is just No boot device found. Sleeping forever. ..so I reboot the PC again and again until it finally starts....wicked

[cod3fr3ak]

Same problem.

This is actually the second time I've installed Fedora 12.


The first time my desktop was inaccessible.

This time I get this no root device found after doing a yum -y update

---------- Post added at 07:13 PM CST ---------- Previous post was at 06:55 PM CST ----------

Hmm a reboot seems to have fixed it....
Let me bounce the box again and see what happens

[neo8307]

Same problem.

This is actually the second time I've installed Fedora 12.


The first time my desktop was inaccessible.

This time I get this no root device found after doing a yum -y update

---------- Post added at 07:13 PM CST ---------- Previous post was at 06:55 PM CST ----------

Hmm a reboot seems to have fixed it....
Let me bounce the box again and see what happens

what file system have you used for install.. EXT3-fs or EXT4-fs

[cod3fr3ak]

:-(

ext4

I am thinking I might have made a mistake. I installed a CentOS server for a friend this weekend and noticed the ext4 was not on the menu for file system selection. It got me thinking I might have jumped the gun with a new buggy fs.

Ho hum I guess I'll do another reinstall and give it another go, after I read up on ext4.

---------- Post added at 11:50 AM CST ---------- Previous post was at 08:36 AM CST ----------

Been reading that most folks are happy with their ext4 systems. I wonder if its just F12 growing pains...

[sgananthan]

Same problem was occurred while I was inttalling first time Fedora 12 in my window running PC. Since I'm newbie to Fedora seeking your help hooe I can get some advice from you guys.

[glennzo]

Is raid enabled in the BIOS on these computers? If so, what if you disabled it? Any change?

[sgananthan]

No raid enabled

[glennzo]

OK. Just a thought.