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 -- Fails to find boot device in Intel D945Gnt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/290153 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
