Just a little more info, I tried to type in most of the output when booting without the "quiet" and "splash" options. It eventually dumps me into a Busybox shell from the initramfs but I couldn't figure out how to save any of the output.
Begin: Mounting root file system... Begin: Running /scripts/local-top... SCSI subsystem initialized ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:07.0[A] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 66 sata_promise PATA port found ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xF8848200 ctl 0xF8848238 bmdma 0x0 irq 66 ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xF8848280 ctl 0xF88482B8 bmdma 0x0 irq 66 ata3: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xF8848300 ctl 0xF8848338 bmdma 0x0 irq 66 ata1: SATA link down (SStatus 0) scsi0: sata_promise ata2: SATA link down (SStatus 0) scsi1: sata_promise BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000008 printing eip: f8852652 *pde 00000000 Oops: 0002 [#1] Modules linked in: sata_promise libata scsi_mod thermal processor fan fbcon tileblit font bitblit softcursor vesafb capability commoncap ... EIP is at pdc_sata_scr_write+0x12/0x20 ... Call trace: __sata_phy_reset+0x2c/0x100 [libata] sata_phy_reset+0x8/0x20 [libata] ata_device_add+0x55e/0x610 [libata] pdc_ata_init_one+0x2b7/0x3e0 [sata_promise] pci_device_probe, driveR_probe_device __driver_attach, __driver_attach bus_add_driver, __pci_register_driver sys_init_module, syscall_call EIP: pdc_sata_scr_write+0x12/0x20 [sata_promise] udevd-event[1742]: run_program '/sbin/modprobe' abnormal exit ... [after about 10 minutes] Begin: Waiting for root filesystem... This seems like a pretty critical bug; I hope someone can take a look at this before the release in a few days. -- Edgy Beta cannot boot https://launchpad.net/bugs/63402 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
