Comment 34 for bug 290153

Hie,

For my system adding rootdelay=90 solve the problem

after adding in the menu.lst in the kernel line
rootdelay=90
have you update grub ?
You must make it for change the boot option ( apply the change)

in a terminal
sudo update-grub

 i have an other computer which the system( a few older)

Motherboard Asus a7n8x-x
chipset fsb (northbridge) nvidia force2

I have a problem like your,(see attached dmseg/kernel.log) for boot
ubuntu 8.10 intrepid ibex kernel 2-6-27-7

boot options without quiet splash solve the problem

Le samedi 08 novembre 2008 à 17:32 +0000, FernanAguero a écrit :
> I have the same problem, and adding rootdelay=90 didn't solve the
> problem.
>
> My system:
> Dell Optiplex 740n
> CPU: AMD 64 Athlon X2 Dual 3800+ 2.00 GHz
> HD: WDC WD800JD-75MSA3 (80 Gb, SATA)
> I believe the system uses an nVidia nForce chipset
>
> The problem started happening after upgrading to 8.10. I have now
> intrepid installed but have to boot the system with the
> 2.6.24-21-generic kernel (the 2.6.27-7-generic produces the error).
>
> If I type 'exit' at the initramfs shell, booting continues normally, and
> I can even get a graphical display login. However both before typing
> 'exit' and after that (i.e. at all times) the system emits error/warning
> messages at 5-7 second intervals (see attached dmesg/kernel.log). During
> these intervals the system seem to do some checks on the drives (the
> light on the CD/DVD drive turns on and off, and I can hear a noise,
> similar to the one during a normal boot when the drive is checked for
> media).
>
>
> ** Attachment added: "dmesg (Dell Optiplex 740, 2.6.24-21-generic)"
> http://launchpadlibrarian.net/19493286/dmesg-2.6.24-21-generic.out
>