Ubuntu continually crashes after hd addition

jay73 · 08-18-2008, 02:13 PM

No, sorry, nothing in there either. Are you using AHCI or IDE mode (check your BIOS) for the SATA drive? AHCI tends to work better. I know the question has been posted before and that you couldn't find it but I would be really surprised if there weren't an entry somewhere to select modes - it's just that some BIOSes may hide it where you wouldn't expect it.
It could also be a bad connector, a bad SATA cable etc - but such thing nearly always get logged.
Or maybe, considering that it is a new machine, it has a chipset that is too new to be well supported? Could you post the output of lspci?

TotalLinuxNoob · 08-26-2008, 08:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jay73

No, sorry, nothing in there either. Are you using AHCI or IDE mode (check your BIOS) for the SATA drive? AHCI tends to work better. I know the question has been posted before and that you couldn't find it but I would be really surprised if there weren't an entry somewhere to select modes - it's just that some BIOSes may hide it where you wouldn't expect it.
It could also be a bad connector, a bad SATA cable etc - but such thing nearly always get logged.
Or maybe, considering that it is a new machine, it has a chipset that is too new to be well supported? Could you post the output of lspci?

I'm not able to use the machine for the coming weeks/months but when I can I will post the output of lspci for you.

Occasionally when booting up I need to run fsck first to fix some errors. Perhaps this is because the machine crashed and the FS got corrupted or would it indicate a malfunctioning drive?

jay73 · 08-26-2008, 09:17 AM

That could be either but having those errors is not a good sign. If the repair did a thorough job, it would stop bothering after the first time. It may be time for a reinstall if you ask me.

TotalLinuxNoob · 12-31-2008, 12:42 PM

lspci output:

Quote:

00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8M890CE Host Bridge
00:00.1 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8M890CE Host Bridge
00:00.2 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8M890CE Host Bridge
00:00.3 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8M890CE Host Bridge
00:00.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8M890CE Host Bridge
00:00.5 PIC: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8M890CE I/O APIC Interrupt Controller
00:00.6 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. Unknown device 6290
00:00.7 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8M890CE Host Bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 PCI bridge [K8T800/K8T890 South]
00:02.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T890 PCI to PCI Bridge Controller
00:03.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T890 PCI to PCI Bridge Controller
00:0f.0 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237A SATA 2-Port Controller (rev 80)
00:0f.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 07)
00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a0)
00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a0)
00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a0)
00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a0)
00:10.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 86)
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237A PCI to ISA Bridge
00:11.7 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8251 Ultra VLINK Controller
00:13.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237A Host Bridge
00:13.1 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237A PCI to PCI Bridge
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8M890 [Chrome9] Integrated Video (rev 11)
04:01.0 Audio device: VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA High Definition Audio Controller (rev 10)
05:09.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8110SC/8169SC Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10)

reconnected the cd rom drive, disconnected the ata drive and installed Ubuntu 8.04 lts on the sata drive. At first things looked hopeful but the machine still crashes.
When fsck is run during bootup by Ubuntu it crashes with "error code 4" finding a non-expected element. I then have to run fsck manually and it always runs into some fs errors which require repairing.
The corruption could be because of a malfunctioning drive or because of the constant need for hard resets... All in all it seems like the hd is malfunctioning or the sata controller. Perhaps it is time to email the web vendor I purchased it from..

Thanks for the help

edit:
Part of the kernel log. The ext3 messages look like cause for concern..

Code:

Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   12.923739] ata1: PATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x1f0 ctl 0x3f6 bmdma 0xfc00 irq 14
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   12.923742] ata2: PATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x170 ctl 0x376 bmdma 0xfc08 irq 15
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   12.923894] USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver v3.0
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   12.992161] Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   13.014111] FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   13.257622] ata2.00: ATAPI: HP DVD ROM 435r, FH21, max UDMA/33
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   13.257632] ata2.00: Drive reports diagnostics failure. This may indicate a drive
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   13.257635] ata2.00: fault or invalid emulation. Contact drive vendor for information.
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   13.445234] ata2.00: configured for UDMA/33
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   13.445761] scsi 1:0:0:0: CD-ROM            HP       DVD ROM 435r     FH21 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   13.446327] sata_via 0000:00:0f.0: version 2.3
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   13.446339] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0f.0[B] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   13.446375] sata_via 0000:00:0f.0: routed to hard irq line 5
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   13.447072] scsi2 : sata_via
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   13.447385] scsi3 : sata_via
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   13.448354] ata3: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xdc00 ctl 0xd880 bmdma 0xd400 irq 18
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   13.448356] ata4: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xd800 ctl 0xd480 bmdma 0xd408 irq 18
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   13.452985] Driver 'sr' needs updating - please use bus_type methods
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   13.455780] sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 4x/48x cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   13.455783] Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   13.455822] sr 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   13.459608] sr 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 5
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   13.647789] ata3: SATA link down 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   13.859569] ata4: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   14.031473] ata4.00: ATA-7: WDC WD800AAJS-00PSA0, 05.06H05, max UDMA/133
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   14.031476] ata4.00: 156301488 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 0/32)
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   14.048318] ata4.00: configured for UDMA/133
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   14.048424] scsi 3:0:0:0: Direct-Access     ATA      WDC WD800AAJS-00 05.0 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   14.048487] scsi 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   14.048920] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:10.0[A] -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   14.048930] uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.0: UHCI Host Controller
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   14.049193] uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   14.049217] uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.0: irq 19, io base 0x0000cc00
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   14.049330] usb usb1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   14.049350] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   14.049354] hub 1-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   14.054325] Driver 'sd' needs updating - please use bus_type methods
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   14.054402] sd 3:0:0:0: [sda] 156301488 512-byte hardware sectors (80026 MB)
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   14.054413] sd 3:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   14.054415] sd 3:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   14.054428] sd 3:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   14.054468] sd 3:0:0:0: [sda] 156301488 512-byte hardware sectors (80026 MB)
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   14.054475] sd 3:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   14.054477] sd 3:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   14.054488] sd 3:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   14.054491]  sda: sda1 sda2
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   14.065098] sd 3:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   14.152364] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:10.1[B] -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 20
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   14.152376] uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.1: UHCI Host Controller
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   14.152397] uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   14.152420] uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.1: irq 20, io base 0x0000c880
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   14.152512] usb usb2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   14.152530] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   14.152535] hub 2-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   14.255255] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:10.2[C] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   14.255267] uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.2: UHCI Host Controller
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   14.255287] uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   14.255308] uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.2: irq 18, io base 0x0000c800
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   14.255401] usb usb3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   14.255419] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   14.255423] hub 3-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   14.359105] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:10.3[D] -> GSI 23 (level, low) -> IRQ 21
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   14.359112] uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.3: UHCI Host Controller
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   14.359127] uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.3: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 4
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   14.359147] uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.3: irq 21, io base 0x0000c480
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   14.359228] usb usb4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   14.359250] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   14.359253] hub 4-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   14.391020] usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   14.463532] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:10.4[C] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   14.463543] ehci_hcd 0000:00:10.4: EHCI Host Controller
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   14.463566] ehci_hcd 0000:00:10.4: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 5
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   14.463597] ehci_hcd 0000:00:10.4: irq 18, io mem 0xf9fffc00
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   14.519883] ehci_hcd 0000:00:10.4: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00, driver 10 Dec 2004
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   14.519989] usb usb5: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   14.520009] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   14.520014] hub 5-0:1.0: 8 ports detected
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   14.622927] r8169 Gigabit Ethernet driver 2.2LK loaded
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   14.622952] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:05:09.0[A] -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   14.623147] eth0: RTL8169sc/8110sc at 0xf8844c00, 00:1d:60:5c:30:5c, XID 18000000 IRQ 19
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   14.687699] Attempting manual resume
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   14.687715] swsusp: Resume From Partition 8:1
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   14.687716] PM: Checking swsusp image.
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   14.687905] PM: Resume from disk failed.
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   14.698794] EXT3-fs: INFO: recovery required on readonly filesystem.
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   14.698798] EXT3-fs: write access will be enabled during recovery.
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   14.915479] usb 1-1: device not accepting address 2, error -71
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   15.525150] kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   15.525163] EXT3-fs: sda2: orphan cleanup on readonly fs
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   15.525169] ext3_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 2007994
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   15.525208] ext3_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 4440083
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   15.525215] EXT3-fs: sda2: 2 orphan inodes deleted
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   15.525217] EXT3-fs: recovery complete.
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   15.527966] EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   16.106281] usb 5-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   16.239582] usb 5-1: configuration #1 chosen from 2 choices
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   21.793064] Linux agpgart interface v0.102
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   21.872432] pci_hotplug: PCI Hot Plug PCI Core version: 0.5
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   21.892453] shpchp: Standard Hot Plug PCI Controller Driver version: 0.4
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   21.905251] input: PC Speaker as /devices/platform/pcspkr/input/input2
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   21.952947] agpgart: Detected VIA VT3336 chipset
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   21.957829] agpgart: AGP aperture is 128M @ 0xf0000000
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   22.016341] input: Power Button (FF) as /devices/virtual/input/input3
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   22.036158] ACPI: Power Button (FF) [PWRF]
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   22.036258] input: Power Button (CM) as /devices/virtual/input/input4
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   22.068138] ACPI: Power Button (CM) [PWRB]
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   22.124320] parport_pc 00:06: reported by Plug and Play ACPI
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   22.124364] parport0: PC-style at 0x378, irq 7 [PCSPP,TRISTATE]
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   22.738380] usbcore: registered new interface driver libusual
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   22.750674] Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   22.752264] scsi4 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   22.753850] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   22.753856] USB Mass Storage support registered.
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   22.753943] usb-storage: device found at 2
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   22.753945] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   22.917230] input: ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse as /devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input5
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   22.922646] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:04:01.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 22
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   22.922670] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:04:01.0 to 64
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   22.957075] hda_codec: Unknown model for ALC883, trying auto-probe from BIOS...
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   24.034336] lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven).
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   24.076550] Adding 979924k swap on /dev/sda1.  Priority:-1 extents:1 across:979924k
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   24.618201] EXT3 FS on sda2, internal journal
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   25.524847] ip_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   25.818652] No dock devices found.
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   26.033747] powernow-k8: Found 1 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4200+ processors (2 cpu cores) (version 2.20.00)
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   26.033505] powernow-k8:    0 : fid 0xe (2200 MHz), vid 0xc
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   26.033509] powernow-k8:    1 : fid 0xc (2000 MHz), vid 0xe
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   26.033511] powernow-k8:    2 : fid 0xa (1800 MHz), vid 0x10
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   26.033513] powernow-k8:    3 : fid 0x2 (1000 MHz), vid 0x12
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   26.604860] apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x03 (Driver version 1.16ac)
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   26.604865] apm: disabled - APM is not SMP safe.
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   26.717729] ppdev: user-space parallel port driver
Dec 31 16:34:46 computer-name kernel: [   26.791094] audit(1230741286.845:2): type=1503 operation="inode_permission" requested_mask="a::" denied_mask="a::" name="/dev/tty" pid=4978 profile="/usr/sbin/cupsd" namespace="default"
Dec 31 16:34:47 computer-name kernel: [   27.745602] usb-storage: device scan complete
Dec 31 16:34:47 computer-name kernel: [   27.748350] scsi 4:0:0:0: Direct-Access     Apple    iPod             1.62 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
Dec 31 16:34:47 computer-name kernel: [   27.764443] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] 991232 2048-byte hardware sectors (2030 MB)
Dec 31 16:34:47 computer-name kernel: [   27.765442] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
Dec 31 16:34:47 computer-name kernel: [   27.765446] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 68 00 00 08
Dec 31 16:34:47 computer-name kernel: [   27.765450] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
Dec 31 16:34:47 computer-name kernel: [   27.767936] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] 991232 2048-byte hardware sectors (2030 MB)
Dec 31 16:34:47 computer-name kernel: [   27.768938] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
Dec 31 16:34:47 computer-name kernel: [   27.768942] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 68 00 00 08
Dec 31 16:34:47 computer-name kernel: [   27.768945] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
Dec 31 16:34:47 computer-name kernel: [   27.768949]  sdb: sdb1 sdb2
Dec 31 16:34:47 computer-name kernel: [   27.771722] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
Dec 31 16:34:47 computer-name kernel: [   27.771758] sd 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
Dec 31 16:34:48 computer-name kernel: [   28.165630] Clocksource tsc unstable (delta = -202931870 ns)
Dec 31 16:34:48 computer-name kernel: [   28.273011] r8169: eth0: link up
Dec 31 16:34:48 computer-name kernel: [   28.312984] Bluetooth: Core ver 2.11
Dec 31 16:34:48 computer-name kernel: [   28.313262] NET: Registered protocol family 31
Dec 31 16:34:48 computer-name kernel: [   28.313266] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
Dec 31 16:34:48 computer-name kernel: [   28.313269] Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized
Dec 31 16:34:48 computer-name kernel: [   28.329599] Bluetooth: L2CAP ver 2.9
Dec 31 16:34:48 computer-name kernel: [   28.329603] Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
Dec 31 16:34:48 computer-name kernel: [   28.352238] Bluetooth: RFCOMM socket layer initialized
Dec 31 16:34:48 computer-name kernel: [   28.352253] Bluetooth: RFCOMM TTY layer initialized
Dec 31 16:34:48 computer-name kernel: [   28.352254] Bluetooth: RFCOMM ver 1.8
Dec 31 16:34:51 computer-name kernel: [   29.427891] [drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810
Dec 31 16:34:51 computer-name kernel: [   29.731116] NET: Registered protocol family 17
Dec 31 16:34:54 computer-name kernel: [   30.996426] NET: Registered protocol family 10
Dec 31 16:34:54 computer-name kernel: [   30.996619] lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
Dec 31 16:34:58 computer-name kernel: [   32.784960] hda-intel: Invalid position buffer, using LPIB read method instead.
Dec 31 16:35:05 computer-name kernel: [   35.778176] eth0: no IPv6 routers present

tur third · 01-15-2009, 11:20 AM

This sounds similar to a problem I had. I added a SATA drive to my system (after a disc failure), the IDE drive that didn't fail was already set to be slave drive (jumper settings).

I then installed Ubtuntu on the SATA drive after several attempts. After that I had problems booting and it froze. On starting the bios kept asking me to configure RAID for Windows.

I resolved the problem, by changing something in the bios in relation to the new hard drive. Can't remember the exact details.

I think you should be looking carefully at the bios options.