I've finally solved what turned out to the the root problem on my system. I ran the memory test on the install CD and it turned out that one of my sticks had some bad memory segments. So in a nutshell, the installation of 8.04 was able to succeed even with some bad memory, but the 8.10 and 9.04 installs were not. I guess this is why I didn't think it could be bad memory - I was always able to install and run 8.04 without issue.
This is clearly not the only reason this error appears as the numerous forum entries and bug reports indicate, but the memory is certainly worth checking if you're getting this error and none of the other proposed solutions are working for you. I removed the defective stick (which was in slot 1 vs the primary slot 0) and was able to install 9.04 without another issue. I've been running 9.04 now for 4 days and it has booted successfully 20-30 times without a problem. It feels good to be able to run the latest release. I hope this helps a few other lost souls get to 9.04. -- Boot fails on ata3: SRST failed (errno=-16) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/220706 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
