Could you try this with an Edgy live CD? It could just be mdadm/evms trying to start up, and Edgy doesn't do that any more ...
** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: ubiquity => casper -- LiveCD thrashes if hard disk malformatted https://launchpad.net/bugs/60517 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
