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I have just installed ubuntu 14.04 and when I reboot and remove the media I get the 

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)
ALERT ! /Dev/disk/by-uuid/e9399244-24c6-46bd-9786-051806f0f93f does not exist. Dropping to a shell

BusyBox v1.21.1 (Ubuntu 1:1.21.0-1ubuntu1) built-in shell (ash)
enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.

(initramfs)

$ ls -l /dev/disk/by-uuid
lrwxrwxrwx 1 10 E411-5D60 -> ../../sda1  
lrwxrwxrwx 1 10 e9399244-24c6-46bd-9786-051806f0f93f -> ../../sdb1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 10 df7a3fc6-d2dc-4c85-a445-8bbc02ff7c84 -> ../../sdb5

and I tried the solution found here: Boot drops to a (initramfs) prompts/busybox twice...I still get the busybox shell...what can I do from here?

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I am not a knowledgeable Linux user but this may be helpful. I have a dual boot PC running Windows 7 Pro and Ubuntu 14.04. The problem described arose this year after an Ubuntu update and Grub reconfiguration. After restart and selecting Ubuntu from the Grub menu very similar screen message appeared after initially running the Plymouth startup screen. At the '(initramfs)' prompt the system stopped. after waiting several minutes, I typed: Exit After about 1 minute the startup recommenced without problem. I have experienced the same problem after later Ubuntu updates and Grub reconfiguration but this method always works. After Ubuntu has been rebooted once or twice without further updates, the problem disappears.

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