I'm also experiencing this. I use LVM and it seems it doesn't happen when doing reboot, only from cold start
In my case, the kernel always complains about the /tmp lisrferre@porf0003n:~$ sudo lvdisplay | grep "LV Name" LV Name /dev/vg0/lv_root LV Name /dev/vg0/lv_var LV Name /dev/vg0/lv_swap LV Name /dev/vg0/lv_tmp LV Name /dev/vg0/lv_home -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/753853 Title: [natty] The disc drive for / is not ready yet or not present -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs