"skevas" wrote in message
news:6k45huF5sub7U1@mid.uni-berlin.de...
> BUG: 274766 (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/274766)
>
> Hi all,
>
> I got a new harddrive and decided that this is a good point to install a
> fresh Ubuntu. Unfortunatly the ubuntu installer hangs.
>
> Using 8.04.1 and 8.04 I get the same error as in bug 223014
>
> ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen
> ata2.00: cmd a0/00:00:00:24...
> ata2.00: status: {DRDY}
>
> Using 8.10 Alpha 6 I get
>
> ata3: EH complete
> ata3: EH pending after 5 tries, giving up
>
> Both error messages repeats until I reset the computer.
>
> I tried disabling my floppy drive, acpi=off boot-option and irqpool boot
> option as decribed in different places. None of them worked for me.
>
> My setup:
> Mainboard A8N-E
> SATA DVD-Bruner and Harddisk
>
> Since this is quiet usual hardware I guess a lot ppl have the same
> problem.
>
> Any ideas?


Install Vista.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...a/default.aspx

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