when installing lucid lynx init crashes with status 4

When I try install from a from a CD, it gives different numbers (I think it is just the pid) so they are not important, but the same thing still happens.

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Ok, here's the full run through.
I was on Ubuntu 9.10 and there were some problems with nautilus so I saw that Lucid Lynx Alpha was out. I don't use this computer for work so it wasn't vital for me to have a working a computer so I downloaded it off the website and ran a MD5 sum check. It ran successfully. I burned it to a USB and had no problems. I then booted up to the USB, then after about 2 minutes it displayed: "init: ureadahead-other main process (1515) terminated with status 4" and "init: ureadahead-other main process (1516) terminated with status 4" and hung there for all eternity (I waited an hour.) I then tried many different times, each with the same symptoms. No boot splash or GRUB came up, but the first menu did ("Install Ubuntu","Try Ubuntu without ..","Memory Test", etc.) I have tried all the ones which try to boot up but none work. I was expecting it to boot up.
I then tried it with a CD, and the same thing happens, except that different numbers came up (lower).
I then downloaded Ubuntu 9.10 again, reinstalled and it worked fine. Will try 10.04 when the beta comes out. (It might be out already.)
I can't use "Help -> Report a Problem" because I'm not actually on a usable OS!

I've the same symptom, just not with install, but after dist-upgrade. I've tried removing "and hal started" from /etc/init/gdm, but it wasn't helpful.

Anyway, how to debug upstart? Or at least force it into a sequential boot mode?

Wait till the beta comes out :)

Anyway, I don't suggest using the update manager to upgrade, you won't upgrade to Gnome 3! That's predominately why I'm upgrading.

The problem occured with Lucid Lynx Alpha 2, just letting you know.

Just remembered that Gnome 3 isn't coming with it :(

Booted from Lucid Beta-1 CD, pressed Esc in the beginning and choose "install".
After some time it went to console and showed the attached lines, and the last line kept repeating.

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