Finally, I found a solution for this problem. We have to change the kernel boot
line and append a kernel argument:
pci=nomsi
And it will work on Ubuntu 8.04 and 8.10 alpha.
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no hard disk were found on ASUS A8V-MX with southbridge VIA VT8251
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/267261
You received
Started the PC with the 'quiet' and 'splash' removed, and the picture
was the output. If I remove the hard disk Ubuntu Intrepid Alpha 5 starts
normally.
** Attachment added: "Output when try to start Ubuntu"
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/17572398/sata1.jpg
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no hard disk were found on ASUS A
Public bug reported:
I have an ASUS A8V-MX motherboard with southbridge VT8251 and two sata hard
disk 320 Gb
Ubuntu 8.10 Alpha 5 can not found them, neither Ubuntu 8.04 (alternate CD and
Desktop); other linux systems as openSuse 11.0 have the same problem. Mandriva
2008.1 and Fedora 9 works fin
