I have this issue after installing Maverick on a Portege 3500. It worked great for a while, and then I changed the power settings to allow it to S3. Boom! Bad block 3, just like the others have reported.
This sounds like a possible ACPI issue to me. -- New Install 9.10 No boot Bios block3 damaged error. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/507723 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