Alert! /dev/mapper/pve-root does not exist. Dropping to a shell

jorgeferreiro

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Dec 14, 2024
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Hi,
I am a nob with proxmox.

I was trying to clone my proxmox boot disk using clonezilla (also tried DD). everithing goes Ok. No error message. As I exchange disks and try to boot from the new one, the following error appears:

Gave up waiting for root file system devic. Common problems:
- Boot .....
- Check ....
- Missing nmodules....
ALERT! /dev/mapper/pve-root does not exist. Dropping to a shell!
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Disks are nvme, same size .
boot disk is sdb:
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what I am doing wrong?

Any help will be apperciated.

Thanks in advance
 

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