wcollier wrote: > something other than play games on WindowsXP (the other boot it has). What > strikes me as odd is that the LiveCD works well, and the initial install CD > (64bit DVD) boots just fine, but after I try to get the kernel to boot, it > just seems to lose the SDA drive completely after partially starting and > then exiting into the initrd busybox.
That really sounds odd/interesting. Does that mean from the LiveCD you can access the disk without problems? And the installation also works up to the point were you reboot from the disk? If so, then please post the dmesg from the LiveCD (maybe after accessing the disk drive for a bit) and the dmesg from the failed boot. Maybe this gives some hints. I would put installing other distros as rather a last resort. Not so much for being in favour of Ubuntu but its likely more hassle for you and finding a working mainline or newer Ununtu kernel, it would be simpler for me to walk through the differences. One more thing, that just comes to my mind: it won't hurt when adding a "debug" to the grub kernel parameters (LiveCD and disk boot) to get the dmesg more verbose. -- Boot fails on ata3: SRST failed (errno=-16) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/220706 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
