"I suggest first try booting with the "acpi=off" kernel parameter and seeing if this helps."
with the "acpi=off": Is booting correctly. Confirmed, again and again (5 times). ATA configuration is doing instantly. dmesg file, follow in attachment. Without "acpi=off" is crashing like reported above. ATA configuration is slowly. "exact model number" The Laptop is_ Acer (Aspire) AS 1694LMi LX.A8405.107 WXPHEdition , IntelĀ® PentiumĀ® Processor M 760, 2x512DDRII, 100Gb, 15,0" XGA, 256Mb ATI Radeon X700, DVD-Dual DL Slot-in, 56K, GigaLan&802.11b/g, Li With, LiveCD 7.10 "acpi=off" works. (But in past, it had worked, even without this option! :s) ** Attachment added: "dmesg.acpi_equals_off.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/12153991/dmesg.acpi_equals_off.log -- BUG in kernel 2.6.24-7? BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000001 Based on question #24954 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/191721 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