Unable to mount root fs: Device or resource busy

[Eugene86]

Binary package hint: linux-image-2.6.22-14-generic

Sometimes, with probability ~ 10% when booting kernel
it says:
Mounting /dev/disk/by-uuid/9c45c7ae-0a67-4887-b3f4-899d2b5536d2 on /root failed:
Device or resource busy.

At this moment only rootfs from initrd is mounted.
So system can't boot.
But I still enter the busybox shell.

/boot/grub/menu.lst:

title Ubuntu 7.10, kernel 2.6.22-14-generic
root (hd2,4)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-14-generic root=UUID=9c45c7ae-0a67-4887-b3f4-899d2b5536d2 ro quiet nosplash locale=ru_RU resume=/dev/sdb1
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-14-generic
quiet

BTW this situation reminds me the "race condition". I run Linux on SMP dual-core system.
But with Ubuntu 6.06 I havn't this problem at all.

Additional Info:
root fs: /dev/sdb5 type ext3
HDD: Seagate ST3250620NS 250 Gb
CPU: AMD 64 X2 4600+
Sata controller: sata_via Integrated (VIA VT8237R)

[Ralph Janke (txwikinger)]

Thanks for reporting this issue.

Could you please test this issue against the newest kernel under hardy and tell us i the problem still occurs?

Thanks.

[Eugene86 (eugene86)]

Ok, I'll test soon.

[Eugene86 (eugene86)]

It was a hardware error.
PS
I havn't tested another one kernel, just changed hard drive.