Comment 89 for bug 220706

wcollier wrote:
> something other than play games on WindowsXP (the other boot it has). What
> strikes me as odd is that the LiveCD works well, and the initial install CD
> (64bit DVD) boots just fine, but after I try to get the kernel to boot, it
> just seems to lose the SDA drive completely after partially starting and
> then exiting into the initrd busybox.

That really sounds odd/interesting. Does that mean from the LiveCD you can
access the disk without problems? And the installation also works up to the
point were you reboot from the disk?
If so, then please post the dmesg from the LiveCD (maybe after accessing the
disk drive for a bit) and the dmesg from the failed boot. Maybe this gives some
hints.

I would put installing other distros as rather a last resort. Not so much for
being in favour of Ubuntu but its likely more hassle for you and finding a
working mainline or newer Ununtu kernel, it would be simpler for me to walk
through the differences.

One more thing, that just comes to my mind: it won't hurt when adding a "debug"
to the grub kernel parameters (LiveCD and disk boot) to get the dmesg more verbose.