Nick Lidakis:
>
> I've recently been unable to boot into my thinkpad x200s because
> of this error: ALERT! /dev/disk/by-uuid/493....085b does not exist. Dropping
> to a shell!
> 
> Most of the Google results are of users changin out disks or partitions and
> the UUID get messed up. I haven't switched any disks or messed with any
> partitions.

Maybe your disk is corrupt. When you have inserted this disk into
another system (or if you boot from a rescue CD) you can take a look
whether the /dev/disk/by-uuid/493… path exists. You should also see a
new device /dev/sdX and the device nodes for your partitions.

J.
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