On my HP Pavilion dv9000, similar problem. Boot hangs but will boot if you press a key whenever it hangs. Similar to https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/272247
Also wireless is busted. Funny thing, everything was fine using 8.04 until I installed the latest kernel upgrade for 8.04, then wireless stopped working.
On my HP Pavilion dv9000, similar problem. Boot hangs but will boot if you press a key whenever it hangs. Similar to https:/ /bugs.launchpad .net/ubuntu/ +source/ linux/+ bug/272247
Also wireless is busted. Funny thing, everything was fine using 8.04 until I installed the latest kernel upgrade for 8.04, then wireless stopped working.