As we have seen from ls /dev/disk/by-uuid/ -alh the disk is there. GNOME also finds is and allows GUI-based mounting of the disk. Any clues here why the boot fails so spectacularly?
** Attachment added: "gnome finds the disk (screenshot)" http://librarian.launchpad.net/7056270/snapshot7.png -- IDE disks not found https://launchpad.net/bugs/97325 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs