separate machine I did the same thing (apt upgrade) and am receiving the same errors)
So, after running
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sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
Oh, my Mint install has LUKS encryption, but I doubt this is the problem as my Debian VM did not.
I had expected this to be a common issue as it happened to me twice under 2 completely different
circumstances, but I cant seem to find any recent relevant threads here or on the Ubuntu forums.
You can see the sequence that the computer goes through with these images:
GRUB does sees the install fine...:
Startup procedure stops at "scanning for Btrfs filesystems":
After ~30s:
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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; Is /deu)
ALERT! /dev/mapper/mint--vg-root does not exist. Dropping to a shell!
BusyBox v1.22.1 (Ubuntu 1:1.22.0-15ubuntul) built-in shell (ash) Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.
(initramfs)