- Jan 20, 2017
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When dual-booting Kali Linux with Windows 10, I get this error when booting into Kali from GRUB:
Gave up waiting for root device. Common problems:
- Boot args (cat /proc/cmdline)
- Check rootdelay= (did the system wait long enough?)
- Check root= did the system wait for the right device?)
- Missing modules (cat /proc/modules; ls /dev)
But I think the main line is this:
ALERT! /dev/sdb5 does not exist. Dropping to a shell!
It should really be trying to boot from /dev/sda5 or /dev/sda6 (not sure which one, sda5 is ext4, sda6 is swap. How do I change which one it boots from? (and yes, they all exist in /dev.) Thanks guys!
Gave up waiting for root device. Common problems:
- Boot args (cat /proc/cmdline)
- Check rootdelay= (did the system wait long enough?)
- Check root= did the system wait for the right device?)
- Missing modules (cat /proc/modules; ls /dev)
But I think the main line is this:
ALERT! /dev/sdb5 does not exist. Dropping to a shell!
It should really be trying to boot from /dev/sda5 or /dev/sda6 (not sure which one, sda5 is ext4, sda6 is swap. How do I change which one it boots from? (and yes, they all exist in /dev.) Thanks guys!