Changed to confirmed as it appears now that the Compaq Presario and its hardware is the culprit. Now if we can just find someone who knows what this generic.all_generic_ide=1 option changes perhaps it can be changed permanently, and then the wifi drivers updated to the above driver version?
** Changed in: ubuntu Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- [intrepid] Compaq Presario CQ50 cannot install/boot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/287244 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs