Ubuntu 11.04 Boot Hangs After "floppy0: no floppy controllers found"

freeze10108 · 05-23-2011, 03:56 PM

Hello,

I've been dealing with this issue since the release of Natty and have made posts on Ubuntu Forums (one for Natty and one for Maverick) and Launchpad Answers, but both have eventually been abandoned by those that were posting in them. So, I'm hoping that someone on these forums can help me resolve the issue.

Basically, after I install Natty, sometimes the first boot works, but all subsequent boots hang at the point I've indicated ("floppy0: no floppy controllers found"). The hard drive access light also turns off at this point, and doesn't return to being lit, so I assume that the laptop's given up.

I reinstalled today and downloaded the updates while it installed, but after installing them on the first boot, the normal boot wouldn't work. Recovery Mode worked once after that, but now it's hanging as it was before.

I have no floppy drive on my laptop, I've moved it as far down the boot order as I could, and I've disabled booting from the floppy. My laptop is an HP Pavilion zv5000.

I was planning on including the results of lshw here, but I forgot to run update-grub when I actually booted into Ubuntu, so I can't boot into Fedora at the moment and run it. Once I get something working, I'll post it (unless someone says that it won't be necessary).

Thanks for your time.

EDIT: Now that I got Fedora working (though I'm not sure if it was even broken in the first place...

), here's the lshw report.

Code:

matt-laptop
    description: Notebook
    product: Pavilion zv5200 (PT276UA#ABA)
    vendor: Hewlett-Packard
    version: F.34
    serial: CND5050SY6
    width: 32 bits
    capabilities: smbios-2.31 dmi-2.31
    configuration: boot=oem-specific chassis=notebook uuid=AAE0385E-6FCB-11D9-A1A7-000FB049AE94
  *-core
       description: Motherboard
       product: 08A0
       vendor: Compal
       physical id: 0
       version: 32.41
       serial: CND5050SY6
     *-firmware
          description: BIOS
          vendor: Hewlett-Packard
          physical id: 0
          version: F.34
          date: 12/23/2004
          size: 114KiB
          capacity: 448KiB
          capabilities: pci pnp apm upgrade shadowing escd cdboot bootselect edd int13floppy360 int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video acpi usb agp ls120boot
     *-cpu
          description: CPU
          product: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+
          vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
          physical id: 4
          bus info: cpu@0
          version: 15.4.10
          slot: Socket A
          size: 800MHz
          capacity: 2GHz
          width: 64 bits
          clock: 133MHz
          capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 syscall nx mmxext x86-64 3dnowext 3dnow up cpufreq
        *-cache:0
             description: L1 cache
             physical id: 8
             slot: L1 Cache
             size: 64KiB
             capacity: 64KiB
             capabilities: asynchronous internal write-back
        *-cache:1
             description: L2 cache
             physical id: 9
             slot: L2 Cache
             size: 1MiB
             capabilities: synchronous internal write-through unified
     *-memory
          description: System Memory
          physical id: c
          slot: System board or motherboard
          size: 512MiB
        *-bank:0
             description: DIMM DRAM Synchronous
             physical id: 0
             slot: S1
             size: 256MiB
             width: 32 bits
        *-bank:1
             description: DIMM DRAM Synchronous
             physical id: 1
             slot: S2
             size: 256MiB
             width: 32 bits
     *-pci:0
          description: Host bridge
          product: nForce3 Host Bridge
          vendor: nVidia Corporation
          physical id: 100
          bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
          version: a4
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 66MHz
          configuration: driver=agpgart-amd64
          resources: irq:0 memory:e8000000-efffffff
        *-isa
             description: ISA bridge
             product: nForce3 LPC Bridge
             vendor: nVidia Corporation
             physical id: 1
             bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0
             version: a6
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: isa bus_master
             configuration: latency=0
        *-serial
             description: SMBus
             product: nForce3 SMBus
             vendor: nVidia Corporation
             physical id: 1.1
             bus info: pci@0000:00:01.1
             version: a4
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: pm cap_list
             configuration: driver=nForce2_smbus latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3
             resources: irq:10 ioport:2040(size=64) ioport:2000(size=64)
        *-usb:0
             description: USB Controller
             product: nForce3 USB 1.1
             vendor: nVidia Corporation
             physical id: 2
             bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
             version: a5
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: pm ohci bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=ohci_hcd latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3
             resources: irq:20 memory:e0000000-e0000fff
           *-usbhost
                product: OHCI Host Controller
                vendor: Linux 2.6.35.12-90.fc14.i686 ohci_hcd
                physical id: 1
                bus info: usb@2
                logical name: usb2
                version: 2.06
                capabilities: usb-1.10
                configuration: driver=hub slots=3 speed=12Mbit/s
        *-usb:1
             description: USB Controller
             product: nForce3 USB 1.1
             vendor: nVidia Corporation
             physical id: 2.1
             bus info: pci@0000:00:02.1
             version: a5
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: pm ohci bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=ohci_hcd latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3
             resources: irq:22 memory:e0001000-e0001fff
           *-usbhost
                product: OHCI Host Controller
                vendor: Linux 2.6.35.12-90.fc14.i686 ohci_hcd
                physical id: 1
                bus info: usb@3
                logical name: usb3
                version: 2.06
                capabilities: usb-1.10
                configuration: driver=hub slots=3 speed=12Mbit/s
        *-usb:2
             description: USB Controller
             product: nForce3 USB 2.0
             vendor: nVidia Corporation
             physical id: 2.2
             bus info: pci@0000:00:02.2
             version: a2
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: pm ehci bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3
             resources: irq:21 memory:e0004000-e00040ff
           *-usbhost
                product: EHCI Host Controller
                vendor: Linux 2.6.35.12-90.fc14.i686 ehci_hcd
                physical id: 1
                bus info: usb@1
                logical name: usb1
                version: 2.06
                capabilities: usb-2.00
                configuration: driver=hub slots=6 speed=480Mbit/s
        *-multimedia
             description: Multimedia audio controller
             product: nForce3 Audio
             vendor: nVidia Corporation
             physical id: 6
             bus info: pci@0000:00:06.0
             version: a2
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=Intel ICH latency=0 maxlatency=5 mingnt=2
             resources: irq:21 ioport:1400(size=256) ioport:1c00(size=128) memory:e0002000-e0002fff
        *-communication
             description: Modem
             product: nForce3 Audio
             vendor: nVidia Corporation
             physical id: 6.1
             bus info: pci@0000:00:06.1
             version: a2
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: pm generic bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=Intel ICH Modem latency=0 maxlatency=5 mingnt=2
             resources: irq:22 ioport:1800(size=256) ioport:1c80(size=128) memory:e0003000-e0003fff
        *-ide
             description: IDE interface
             product: nForce3 IDE
             vendor: nVidia Corporation
             physical id: 8
             bus info: pci@0000:00:08.0
             logical name: scsi0
             logical name: scsi1
             version: a5
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: ide pm bus_master cap_list emulated
             configuration: driver=pata_amd latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3
             resources: irq:0 ioport:1f0(size=8) ioport:3f6 ioport:170(size=8) ioport:376 ioport:2080(size=16)
           *-disk
                description: ATA Disk
                product: TOSHIBA MK8025GA
                vendor: Toshiba
                physical id: 0
                bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
                logical name: /dev/sda
                version: KA02
                serial: 15IL1128S
                size: 74GiB (80GB)
                capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
                configuration: ansiversion=5 signature=94e494e4
              *-volume:0
                   description: EXT4 volume
                   vendor: Linux
                   physical id: 1
                   bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,1
                   logical name: /dev/sda1
                   logical name: /
                   version: 1.0
                   serial: 52a0b887-6c06-4277-9e3c-facb6aa670cb
                   size: 9GiB
                   capacity: 9GiB
                   capabilities: primary bootable journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink recover extents ext4 ext2 initialized
                   configuration: created=2010-10-22 12:14:17 filesystem=ext4 label=_Fedora-14-i686- lastmountpoint=/ modified=2011-05-23 13:04:13 mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,seclabel,relatime,barrier=1,data=ordered mounted=2011-05-23 15:26:28 state=mounted
              *-volume:1
                   description: Extended partition
                   physical id: 2
                   bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,2
                   logical name: /dev/sda2
                   size: 42GiB
                   capacity: 42GiB
                   capabilities: primary extended partitioned partitioned:extended
                 *-logicalvolume:0
                      description: Linux swap / Solaris partition
                      physical id: 5
                      logical name: /dev/sda5
                      capacity: 1498MiB
                      capabilities: nofs
                 *-logicalvolume:1
                      description: Linux filesystem partition
                      physical id: 6
                      logical name: /dev/sda6
                      capacity: 8997MiB
                 *-logicalvolume:2
                      description: Linux filesystem partition
                      physical id: 7
                      logical name: /dev/sda7
                      capacity: 31GiB
              *-volume:2
                   description: EXT4 volume
                   vendor: Linux
                   physical id: 3
                   bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,3
                   logical name: /dev/sda3
                   logical name: /home
                   version: 1.0
                   serial: fe05687d-822b-4f93-95a7-e925fe73367f
                   size: 23GiB
                   capacity: 23GiB
                   capabilities: primary journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink recover extents ext4 ext2 initialized
                   configuration: created=2010-07-06 15:04:40 filesystem=ext4 lastmountpoint=/home modified=2011-05-23 15:26:29 mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,seclabel,relatime,barrier=1,data=ordered mounted=2011-05-23 15:26:29 state=mounted
           *-cdrom
                description: DVD reader
                product: DW-224E-B
                vendor: TEAC
                physical id: 1
                bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0
                logical name: /dev/cdrom
                logical name: /dev/cdrw
                logical name: /dev/dvd
                logical name: /dev/scd0
                logical name: /dev/sr0
                version: A.6F
                capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd
                configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc
        *-pci:0
             description: PCI bridge
             product: nForce3 PCI Bridge
             vendor: nVidia Corporation
             physical id: a
             bus info: pci@0000:00:0a.0
             version: a2
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master
             resources: ioport:3000(size=20480) memory:e0100000-e17fffff memory:20000000-27ffffff
           *-firewire
                description: FireWire (IEEE 1394)
                product: TSB43AB21 IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link)
                vendor: Texas Instruments
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
                version: 00
                width: 32 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: pm ohci bus_master cap_list
                configuration: driver=firewire_ohci latency=64 maxlatency=4 mingnt=2
                resources: irq:19 memory:e0108000-e01087ff memory:e0100000-e0103fff
           *-network:0
                description: Ethernet interface
                product: RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+
                vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
                physical id: 1
                bus info: pci@0000:02:01.0
                logical name: eth0
                version: 10
                serial: 00:0f:b0:49:ae:94
                size: 10Mbit/s
                capacity: 100Mbit/s
                width: 32 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
                configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=8139too driverversion=0.9.28 duplex=half latency=64 link=no maxlatency=64 mingnt=32 multicast=yes port=MII speed=10Mbit/s
                resources: irq:18 ioport:7000(size=256) memory:e0108800-e01088ff
           *-network:1
                description: Network controller
                product: BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller
                vendor: Broadcom Corporation
                physical id: 2
                bus info: pci@0000:02:02.0
                version: 03
                width: 32 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: bus_master
                configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=64
                resources: irq:17 memory:e0104000-e0105fff
           *-pcmcia:0
                description: CardBus bridge
                product: PCI1620 PC Card Controller
                vendor: Texas Instruments
                physical id: 4
                bus info: pci@0000:02:04.0
                version: 01
                width: 32 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: pcmcia bus_master cap_list
                configuration: driver=yenta_cardbus latency=176 maxlatency=5 mingnt=192
                resources: irq:19 memory:e0106000-e0106fff ioport:3000(size=256) ioport:3400(size=256) memory:20000000-23ffffff memory:e0400000-e07fffff
           *-pcmcia:1
                description: CardBus bridge
                product: PCI1620 PC Card Controller
                vendor: Texas Instruments
                physical id: 4.1
                bus info: pci@0000:02:04.1
                version: 01
                width: 32 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: pcmcia bus_master cap_list
                configuration: driver=yenta_cardbus latency=176 maxlatency=5 mingnt=192
                resources: irq:18 memory:e0107000-e0107fff ioport:3800(size=256) ioport:3c00(size=256) memory:24000000-27ffffff memory:e0c00000-e0ffffff
           *-generic UNCLAIMED
                description: System peripheral
                product: PCI1620 Firmware Loading Function
                vendor: Texas Instruments
                physical id: 4.2
                bus info: pci@0000:02:04.2
                version: 01
                width: 32 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
                configuration: latency=64 maxlatency=4 mingnt=7
                resources: ioport:7400(size=64)
        *-pci:1
             description: PCI bridge
             product: nForce3 AGP Bridge
             vendor: nVidia Corporation
             physical id: b
             bus info: pci@0000:00:0b.0
             version: a4
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master
             resources: memory:e2000000-e2ffffff memory:f0000000-f80fffff
           *-display
                description: VGA compatible controller
                product: NV17 [GeForce4 440 Go 64M]
                vendor: nVidia Corporation
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
                version: a3
                width: 32 bits
                clock: 66MHz
                capabilities: pm agp agp-2.0 vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
                configuration: driver=nouveau latency=64 maxlatency=1 mingnt=5
                resources: irq:16 memory:e2000000-e2ffffff memory:f0000000-f7ffffff memory:f8000000-f807ffff memory:f8080000-f809ffff
     *-pci:1
          description: Host bridge
          product: K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
          vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
          physical id: 101
          bus info: pci@0000:00:18.0
          version: 00
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
     *-pci:2
          description: Host bridge
          product: K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
          vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
          physical id: 102
          bus info: pci@0000:00:18.1
          version: 00
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
     *-pci:3
          description: Host bridge
          product: K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
          vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
          physical id: 103
          bus info: pci@0000:00:18.2
          version: 00
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
     *-pci:4
          description: Host bridge
          product: K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
          vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
          physical id: 104
          bus info: pci@0000:00:18.3
          version: 00
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
          configuration: driver=k8temp
          resources: irq:0
  *-network
       description: Wireless interface
       physical id: 1
       logical name: wlan0
       serial: 00:90:4b:b7:e4:41
       capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=b43 driverversion=2.6.35.12-90.fc14.i686 firmware=N/A ip=192.168.0.74 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg

jefro · 05-23-2011, 07:35 PM

It has bee a very long time but way back when...

Bios may have setting for floppy as installed. Might check on it to be sure.

freeze10108 · 05-23-2011, 11:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jefro

It has bee a very long time but way back when...

Bios may have setting for floppy as installed. Might check on it to be sure.

Well, I've been through all my BIOS settings, and "floppy" is only mentioned twice: once in boot order (where it's the last) and once in a section to enable/disable booting from a floppy (currently disabled).

jefro · 05-24-2011, 03:07 PM

Darn.

Then look at kernel boot options to disable it maybe.

freeze10108 · 05-24-2011, 03:21 PM

In the kernel boot options, there's already a line that has:

Code:

search --no-floppy

So I assume that it wouldn't look for a floppy drive. Someone else in one of my previous conversations mentioned that the floppy message is just a warning, not an error, so what's stopping the boot must be something else. I think this is true because the last time it booted into recovery mode, the floppy line came up but it went anyway.

freeze10108 · 05-30-2011, 06:54 PM

Bump.

EDDY1 · 05-31-2011, 01:02 AM

How about posting of dmesg, it's possible that you're looking at wrong instance. Maybe there's something else going on and floppy is just getting your attention. Also you can check logs using live-cd.