Re: (initramfs) Assuming drive cache: write through

pat decampos wrote:

hi all,

i've been using ubuntu happily for a year now and have never seen this
issue before. google leaves me empty handed.

i plugged in an external HD formatted in NTFS and started my machine.
ubuntu came up with the error seen in the subject. if i unplug the hard
drive, it doesn't find the partition, however, windows can see it fine
(dual booting, i installed via wubi). ubuntu side it says something about
busybox, and it has a list of commands if i type HELP.

has anyone encountered this issue before? what did you do to resolve it?

Why not boot without it, and _then_ plug it in? In my experience, booting
with USB drives connected, but without a boot loader on them, will fail if
USB is selected to boot first in the BIOS.
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derek


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