Public bug reported: I upgraded my computer to feisty. The actual kernel (linux- image-2.6.20-5-generic 2.6.20.5.1) cannot mount my /home partition:
# mount /dev/sdc2 /home mount: Operation not supported meanwhile, dmesg is filled with lots of these: [ 663.015843] attempt to access beyond end of device [ 663.015847] sdc: rw=0, want=234484733, limit=66055248 [ 663.015850] attempt to access beyond end of device [ 663.015854] sdc: rw=0, want=234484734, limit=66055248 [ 663.015858] attempt to access beyond end of device [ 663.015862] sdc: rw=0, want=234484735, limit=66055248 /dev/sdc1 mounts fine (it is my root partition). Also, this same partition mounts successfully under 2.6.15-26-k7 (as /dev/hda2 in that case). Under 2.6.15 this is the boot info about /dev/hda: [17179576.596000] VP_IDE: VIA vt8237 (rev 00) IDE UDMA133 controller on pci0000:00:0f.1 [17179576.596000] ide0: BM-DMA at 0xfc00-0xfc07, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:pio [17179576.596000] ide1: BM-DMA at 0xfc08-0xfc0f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:DMA [17179576.596000] Probing IDE interface ide0... [17179577.024000] hda: SAMSUNG SP1203N, ATA DISK drive [17179577.700000] ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14 [17179577.704000] Probing IDE interface ide1... [17179578.136000] hdc: Maxtor 6Y080L0, ATA DISK drive [17179578.928000] hdd: _NEC DVD_RW ND-2510A, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive [17179578.988000] ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15 [17179579.004000] hda: max request size: 1024KiB [17179579.020000] hda: Host Protected Area detected. [17179579.020000] current capacity is 66055248 sectors (33820 MB) [17179579.020000] native capacity is 234493056 sectors (120060 MB) [17179579.020000] hda: Host Protected Area disabled. [17179579.020000] hda: 234493056 sectors (120060 MB) w/2048KiB Cache, CHS=16383/255/63, U DMA(100) [17179579.020000] hda: cache flushes supported [17179579.024000] hda: hda1 hda2 fdisk -l /dev/hda: Disk /dev/hda: 120.0 GB, 120060444672 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14596 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 1 851 6835626 83 Linux /dev/hda2 852 14596 110406712+ 83 Linux Other information is available on request. ** Affects: Ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed -- pata driver in libata not mounting /home https://launchpad.net/bugs/82314 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs