Initramfs + busybox when booting Ubuntu [Amilo Xa 2528]

[Grispa]

Hi everyone.
Unfortunately, I have another bug (my second) to report, and this one too is preventing completely my use of Ubuntu (or of ANY other UNIX-based OS).
I have a Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo Xa 2528 (datasheet: http://sp.fujitsu-siemens.com/dmsp/d...xa_2528_29.pdf ) and every time I try to boot a LiveCD of any UNIX-based OS (I'm experimenting with BSD right now), or launching a clean installation. I get stuck always at the same point:

[xx.xxxxxx] ata1.00: status: { DRDY }
[xx.xxxxxx] ata1: soft resetting link
[xx.xxxxxx] ata1.00: configured for PIO3
[xx.xxxxxx] ata1: EH complete
[xx.xxxxxx] ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen
[xx.xxxxxx] ata1.00: cmd a0/00:00:00:24:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 tag 0 pio 36 in
cbd 12 00 00 00 24 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
res 40/0000000000/0000000000/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)

I figured that the DVD-RW of my Notebook, a GSA-T120N, is somehow incompatible with the various Linux component managing it.
At first I thought it might be the nVidia SATA module, but the problem seems to concentrate on the DVD-RW.

As I already indicated here ( http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=916885&highlight=xa+2528 ) adding ANY option at the boot (like noapic, nolapic, all_generic_ide, workblastedmachine, etc) doesn't have any effect.
On a personal note, I'd really love to see the problem of mine solved, because I cannot stand Vista for much more, and I'd love to see it resolved WELL, because I do not like the idea of running Linux at a fraction of its potential because I have to strip it of every advanced future in order to have it working.

I thank you for the attention, apologize for any mistake in my English and hope to hear from you soon.

Grispa

PS: feel free to ask for clarifications at any time.

[Dimitrios Symeonidis (azimout)]

here's the correct link to the datasheet:
http://docs.fujitsu-siemens.com/dl.aspx?id=5cbe3a18-eae7-4f19-a744-bdc34afe341e

it has an nvidia mcp51 southbridge

[Dimitrios Symeonidis (azimout)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 189368, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.