hardy ASUS P5Q-C Core 2 Duo E4600 install failed

[Daniel]

I have the following hardware configuration

ASUS P5Q-C
Socket 775 Core 2 Duo E4600 2.4GHz 2Mb
DDR-2 2048Mb /800 2db
dvd writer pioneer 212
bluetooth adapter
500 GB Sata
9800 GTX 512Mb GIGABYTE
audio card Audigy SB0570
wifi card WL-138 V2
Logitech Cordless LX710

Ubuntu hardy 8.04 Desktop fails to start on both 64 and 32 bit version.
The failure is the same in both cases.
The CD boots in, and after selecting ubuntu live (first) or
cd check options the system drops me into a shell.

I did not dare to install it.

What I tried:
See something in the log.
Checking the MD5-s of the CD-s, and the iso files.

[Nicolas Gagniere (bdp67fr)]

Hello,

I just bought an ASUS P5Q-E motherboard and I resolved the problem by setting SATA devices as AHCI in the storage configuration section in the bios.
Don't forget to install intel ahci drivers on windows before changing this setting.

Cheers

[Iulian Udrea (iulian)]

Do you still have this issue?

If you do, you might want to have a look at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingCasper. You'll find some information on how to debug casper.

[Daniel (biro-daniel)]

Setting AHCI in the bios solved the issue at hand. I dont use windows. However I think the installer (casper) should say something about that, not just dropping into the shell.
I am closing this bug.

[Daniel (biro-daniel)]

I cannot close the bug. I could install ubuntu, so my problem is solved.

[Andy Whitcroft (apw)]

As requested by the submitter.