Long delay when booting Hardy RC Live CD ...
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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linux (Ubuntu) |
Expired
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Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Hardware:
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Type : HP Notebook nx5000 (2004)
CPU : 1.6 Ghz Intel Centrino
Chip Set : Intel 855GM
RAM : 2 GB
HDD : 160 GB Seagate PATA
Optical Drive: HL-DT-ST DVD+RW GCA-4040N
Floppy Drive : None, neither built-in nor attached
In the BIOS the boot order is set to:
Notebook Multibay : first
Notebook Hard Drive: second
There is no dedicated menu item for a Floppy drive
in the BIOS.
Problem:
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When I tried to boot the Hardy Beta Live CD a few days ago,
the procedure seemed to get stuck right in the beginning.
For several minutes all I got to see was the Ubuntu splash
with a busy bar. The LED of the CD drive was permanently
on. As there was no audible activity from the CD drive I
thought the downloaded ISO or the CD might be corrupt and
I gave up.
Yesterday I downloaded the latest Hardy RC. I checked the
ISO Hash and burned the CD with conservative 8x speed to
make sure. This time I gave the boot procedure a little
more time and I found out that it actually hasn't got
stuck indefinitely. It comes back to life and loads the
system correctly after a very long delay.
Booting from the Hardy RC Live CD this is what happens
after the initial language selection ...
- 0.00 Loading Linux Kernel (progress bar)
- 0.05 Ubuntu splash (busy bar)
- 2.30 Blank screen (blinking cursor)
- 3.45 [ID] Buffer I/O Error On Device FD0, Logical Block 0
- 5.00 [ID] Buffer I/O Error On Device FD0, Logical Block 0
- 6.15 CD activity resumes and boot continues normally
... it seems, the 6 minute delay is caused by the hardware
detection which is looking for a non-existent Floppy drive.
Neither Feisty nor Gutsy show this behaviour when I boot
their Live CDs on my notebook.
As I don't want to install Hardy to my HDD before the final
release comes out, I cannot say if the problem persists in
a proper installation. But even when booting from a Live CD,
which ought to be a showcase for Ubuntu, such an unnecessarily
long delay is unacceptable. I hope someone finds the time to
look into this before the final release comes out.
P.S.:
I've looked around in Launchpad and found that the problem may
be related to bug #95857 which is described here ...
https:/
As a follow-up to my previous message here'e the dmesg output
of of Hardy RC after the 6 minute boot procedure. Maybe it
contains some useful clues ?!