ubuntu 8.04 starts only on warm boot not on cold boot

[wubuntu]

Binary package hint: linux-image-2.6.24-19-generic

I'm using ubuntu 8.04 hardy, its Japanese localized desktop version.
The MB is GA-7ZX-H. When I try to cold boot ubuntu the process either takes
an inordinately long time or stops with a busybox and a command prompt. At the
prompt I type "reboot" then the os starts imediately (the to and fro movement
in the orange horizontal bar stops immediately and booting starts). The same with
cold booting windows xp first and then rebooting ubuntu right afterwards without
shutting the power down. I have had the "Error 16: inconsistent filesystem structure"
message some of the times but not always. I have two drives, one with xp and ubuntu, and
the other a data disc formatted in ntfs. I also have had a couple of grub failures from
which I recovered successfully by typing: find /boot/grub/stage1.
Other than this annoying problem ubuntu works flawlessly. I can get around this
by cold booting xp first and rebooting to ubuntu, but it's a nuisance nonetheless.

[wubuntu (tokuu)]

This problem has been resolved. The culprit was the power unit (ac/dc converter) that was too old to supply enough power to the hardware. Once replaced with a brand new one the machine started to work flawlessly. Looking back I now realize this was probably also the cause of the woes with xp, the very thing that led me to install ubuntu. If I had replaced the power unit earlier I might have not installed ubuntu. Unlike in Europe linux is relatively unknown among the general public in Japan. But ubuntu seems to be gaining momentum.

[Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara)]

Thanks for the update. I'll go ahead and close this report.