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Crash during boot (Hard disk problem maybe)

Asked by gerebrobi

My Hardy crashes during boot. I get only a minimal console. This is after upgrading from Gutsy to Hardy. I cannot use kernel 2.6.24.16 or 2.6.24.17. I can only use the old kernel 2.6.24.14(Gutsy). This works. When I try to install a clean OS it crashes when tries to install my hard drive. I have a Western Digital 1600JS (WD 1600JS) 160GB.

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This question was originally filed as bug #226965.

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gerebrobi (gerebrobi) said : 		#1
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Richard Seguin (sectech) said : 		#2

Thank you for taking the time to report this issue and helping to make Ubuntu better. Examining the information you have given us, this does not appear to be a bug report so we are closing it and converting it to a question in the support tracker. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but it would make more sense to raise problems you are having in the support tracker at [WWW] https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu if you are uncertain if they are bugs. For help on reporting bugs, see [WWW] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs .

Well I don't think is a bug per say but it defiantly is a problem for you... Lets bring this bug report over to the support team and we can go from there...

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Kevin_b_er (ktbvz2) said : 		#3

What kind of errors are you getting besides the minimal console itself?

Do you happen to have an ASUS motherboard?

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gerebrobi (gerebrobi) said : 		#4

Yes, I have an ASUS A8V-XE motherboard, Athlon 3200+ 64 bit(but i use 32 bit OS. The 64 bit version also didn't worked). When i start the hardy with the #17 kernel, i got only a minimal console called "(initramfs)". With the #14 kernel works perfectly.

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Kevin_b_er (ktbvz2) said : 		#5

This is bug 190492.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/190492

You'll need the boot option pci=nomsi

Refer to:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootOptions

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