You have multiple IDE controllers, and one is the JMicron controller which is causing a lot of problems (bug #84964, etc.).
Your issue sounds very similar to the other bugs raised involving the JMicron controller. However, it is unclear whether this is a duplicate, because you're getting an oops in printk which the others don't seem to get. This bug is, therefore, possibly a related but separate issue. Anyway, a solution which solves the other issue has been posted. It will be interesting if this fixes your problem. Obviously, this fix only works if you can boot your system with a kernel which doesn't exhibit this bug. Add the following lines to "/etc/initramfs-tools/modules" libata pata_jmicron ata_piix ahci ata_generic and update your initramfs by running "update-initramfs -u" Both your problem and the other problems involve the order in which modules are loaded, and hence which module handles the IDE controllers. The above would appear to be a working ordering. -- Oops while booting herd5 livecd: printk / ide_setup_pci_noise / modprobe https://launchpad.net/bugs/90689 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
