I have the same problem, first I got this error when using the live CD of kubuntu 8.04.1 64 bit version bruned to a CD-R:
<some large integer here> Buffer I/O error on device fd0, logical block 0 So I burned another copy onto a second CD-R Same error tried whit the 32-bit verison same error. Looked at the connections for the diskette drive and the power connector was not connected, so I connected it and the install booted fine. But It couldent find my SATA drive so I looked in to the box and found that I acidently unplugged the powercabel to my HDD when plugging in the floppy dirves powercabel. Now everything is connected and the floppy-drive seems to work fine, but now I cant't boot the installation again only get to initramfs prompt in the minimal shell (ash). Tried whit a floppy inserted and the installation went on fine, but very slow, until i get to the partiton step wich couldent find my HDD. ( all cabels correctly plugged in. Tried disabeling the floppy drive via bios, no change. Also tried disconnecting the floppydirve totaly from the motherboard and having it diabled in bios, no change still ash... Tried having the floppy enabled in bios, but totaly unplugged no floppydrive cabel connected on the motherboard. now I get this error twice: <some large integer here> Buffer I/O error on device fd0, logical block 0 But after awile the installation starts but can't find my harddrive. Tried whit the alternative install cd but it stops for a long while and the only thing i se is a blinking _ and "Kernel alive kernel direct mapping tables up to 130000000 @ 8000-e000" But after a while i get to the installation but it get's blank after identifying harddrives. And after jet a long while a dialog about not finding my floppy and it asks if I want to continue whitout it. I chose to do so but my harddrive is not found :( The thing is I have 4 partitions on my drive, 1st is swap 2: my slamd64 system 3: emty ( for kubuntu ) 4: /home for slamd64 and hopefully for kubuntu) My boot loader is Lilo and it's installed in the MBR This is my computers specs: Motherboard, ECS KA3 MVP REV 1.0A Memory: 2x2gb of DDR2 800mhz in dual chanel mode from Mushkin Processor: AMD Athlon64 x2 5200+ (AM2)Harddrive Samsung SP2504C SATA2 250gb on IDE Channel 2 (SATA) ACHI HL-DT-STDVD-ROM G master on IDE channel 0 (PATA) _NEC DVD_RW ND-35 Slave on IDE channel 0 (PATA) NVIDIA geforce 8500gt 256mb from gainward (PCI-e) I'm sleepy now, hope someone can help me whit this :) -- kubuntu install fails to boot giving initramfs prompt when floppy drive attached https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/191946 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
