First, please excuse my bad english!!!!

I have exactly the same problem described above. 

Ubuntu 7.04 (final) installed via "Desktop cd" on /dev/hda8
Also tried with "Alternate cd" but computer won't boot. 

My computer don't have a SATA controller.

Procedure for repeating the problem:

1) Power on the computer
2) Supress  the option "splash" from grub (for seeing more informations during the boot process)
3) boot
4) after few seconds i can see the following:


[xx.yyyyyy] Call Trace:
[xx.yyyyyy] [<zzzzzzzz>]  [sis_init_one+0x0/0x3c0 [pata_sis]
[xx.yyyyyy] [<zzzzzzzz>]  pci_device_probe+0x56/0x80
[xx.yyyyyy] [<zzzzzzzz>]  really_probe+066/0x190
[xx.yyyyyy] [<zzzzzzzz>]  driver_probe_device+0x49/0xc0
[xx.yyyyyy] [<zzzzzzzz>]  __driver_attach+0x9e/0xa0
[xx.yyyyyy] [<zzzzzzzz>]  bus_for_each_dev+0x3b/060
[xx.yyyyyy] [<zzzzzzzz>]  driver_attach+0x24/0x30
[xx.yyyyyy] [<zzzzzzzz>]  bus_add_driver+0x7b/0x1a0
[xx.yyyyyy] [<zzzzzzzz>]  __pci_register_driver+0x15d/0x1ba0
[xx.yyyyyy] [<zzzzzzzz>]  sys_mmap2+0xcd/0xd0                 (*1)
[xx.yyyyyy] [<zzzzzzzz>]  mii_ethtool_sset+0x0/0x1e0 [mii]
[xx.yyyyyy] [<zzzzzzzz>]  syscall_call+0x7/0xb
[xx.yyyyyy]  ============================
[xx.yyyyyy] Code: 00 0f b7 d0 31 c9 b8 39 10 00 00 e8 f6 7c 9a e1 85 c0 
             89 c0 89 c7 74 dc 66 81 3e 30 06 0f 84 2c 03 00 00 89 f8 e8
             9e 72 9a e1 8b 7e 04 <89> 77 18 8b 46 04 3d 40 6e 85 de 0f 
             84 02 00 00 3d 68 70 85
[xx.yyyyyy]  EIP:[<de854625>] sis_init_one+0x75/0x3c0 [pata_sis] SS:ESP 0068:ddeb3 e0c
[xx.yyyyyy]  udev-event [1900]: run-program: 1/sbin/modprobe' abnormal exit
             <6> usb 1-2: new full speed usb device using ohci-hcd and address 2
[xx.yyyyyy]  usb 1-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
             check root= bootarg cat /proc/cmdline or missing modules, 
             devices: cat /proc/modules ls /dev
ALERT! /dev/disk/by-uuid/86fc96dc-0478-4b47-b560-e7d6189a8e22 does not exist. 
Dropping to a shell
                         
...... after some time .....

BusyBox v1.1.3 (Debian 1:1.1.3-3ubuntu3) Built-in shell (ash)
ENTER 'help' for a list of built-in commands.
/bin/sh: can't acces tty; job control turned off

....... after ENTER Key pressed ......

(initramfs) [800.087312] input: AT translated set 2 keyboard as /class/input/input1

....... after ENTER Key pressed .......

(initramfs)

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
xx.yyyyyy  -> decimal numbers (different on each boot)
<zzzzzzzz> -> hexadecimal numbers   (different on each boot)

(*1) at this position, some times the following line was seen:
       sys_init_module+0x15d/0x1ba0

======================================================================================


Other information:

cat /proc/version_signature:  Ubuntu 2.6.20-15.27-generic  
 (this information was retrieved from (initramfs) prompt)


sudo /lib/udev/vol_id -u /dev/hda8           
  -> 86fc96dc-0478-4b47-b560-e7d6189a8e22
       (command executed from Fedora. 
        hda8 is the partition for Ubuntu 7.04)


On the same computer are installed and perfectly working: 
- Fedora Core 6 (kernel 2.6.20) (/dev/hda10)
- Xubuntu (Dapper)              (/dev/hda11)
- Red Hat Enterprise 4          (/dev/hda9)
- and on /dev/hda8, Ubuntu 6.10 was previously installed.



The following information was retrieved via Fedora Core 6   (kernel: 2.6.20-1.2944.fc6) installed on
the another partition of  the same computer:

sudo /sbin/lspci -vv
--------------------
00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 740 Host (rev 01)
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort+ >SERR- <PERR-
        Latency: 32
        Region 0: Memory at e8000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64M]
        Capabilities: [c0] AGP version 2.0
                Status: RQ=17 Iso- ArqSz=0 Cal=0 SBA+ ITACoh- GART64- HTrans- 64bit- FW+ AGP3- Rate=x1,x2,x4
                Command: RQ=1 ArqSz=0 Cal=0 SBA- AGP- GART64- 64bit- FW- Rate=x4

00:01.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] Virtual PCI-to-PCI bridge (AGP) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
        Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
        Latency: 64
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
        I/O behind bridge: 0000d000-0000dfff
        Memory behind bridge: e7800000-e7ffffff
        Prefetchable memory behind bridge: f0000000-febfffff
        Secondary status: 66MHz- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort+ <SERR- <PERR-
        BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR- NoISA- VGA+ MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-

00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS961 [MuTIOL Media IO] (rev 10)
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle+ MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
        Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
        Latency: 0

00:02.1 SMBus: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS961/2 SMBus Controller
        Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
        Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
        Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 0
        Region 4: I/O ports at e600 [size=32]

00:02.2 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 07) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Unknown device 807a
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
        Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
        Latency: 32 (20000ns max), Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
        Interrupt: pin D routed to IRQ 10
        Region 0: Memory at e7000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]

00:02.3 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 07) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Unknown device 807a
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
        Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
        Latency: 32 (20000ns max), Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 9
        Region 0: Memory at e6800000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]

00:02.5 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE] (rev d0) (prog-if 80 [Master])
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Unknown device 807a
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
        Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
        Latency: 128
        Region 0: [virtual] Memory at 000001f0 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8]
        Region 1: [virtual] Memory at 000003f0 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [size=1]
        Region 2: [virtual] Memory at 00000170 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8]
        Region 3: [virtual] Memory at 00000370 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [size=1]
        Region 4: I/O ports at b800 [size=16]

00:02.7 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] AC'97 Sound Controller (rev a0)
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Unknown device 8091
        Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
        Latency: 32 (13000ns min, 2750ns max)
        Interrupt: pin C routed to IRQ 5
        Region 0: I/O ports at a800 [size=256]
        Region 1: I/O ports at a400 [size=128]
        Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 2
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=55mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold+)
                Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-

00:03.0 Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900 PCI Fast Ethernet (rev 90)
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Unknown device 807c
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
        Latency: 32 (13000ns min, 2750ns max)
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 9
        Region 0: I/O ports at a000 [size=256]
        Region 1: Memory at e6000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Expansion ROM at effe0000 [disabled] [size=128K]
        Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0+,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+)
                Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 65x/M650/740 PCI/AGP VGA Display Adapter (prog-if 00 [VGA])
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Unknown device 80a0
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11
        BIST result: 00
        Region 0: Memory at f0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
        Region 1: Memory at e7800000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
        Region 2: I/O ports at d800 [size=128]
        Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
                Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
        Capabilities: [50] AGP version 2.0
                Status: RQ=16 Iso- ArqSz=0 Cal=0 SBA+ ITACoh- GART64- HTrans- 64bit- FW- AGP3- Rate=x1,x2,x4
                Command: RQ=1 ArqSz=0 Cal=0 SBA- AGP- GART64- 64bit- FW- Rate=<none>




sudo /sbin/lspci -n
--------------------------------
00:00.0 0600: 1039:0740 (rev 01)
00:01.0 0604: 1039:0001
00:02.0 0601: 1039:0961 (rev 10)
00:02.1 0c05: 1039:0016
00:02.2 0c03: 1039:7001 (rev 07)
00:02.3 0c03: 1039:7001 (rev 07)
00:02.5 0101: 1039:5513 (rev d0)
00:02.7 0401: 1039:7012 (rev a0)
00:03.0 0200: 1039:0900 (rev 90)
01:00.0 0300: 1039:6325

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If I can help, providing more informations or testing, please let me know.


Valerio F. Laube
vflaube ---at ---- gmail.com