This bug still exists on Herd-5 for me,on an ASUS P5b MoBo,C2D E6600 Processor,JMicron Controller.Disabling the controller makes it bootable,just without CD-Rom,as mentioned before.
clint -- modprobe abnormal exit - Kernel 2.6.20-8/9 does not boot https://launchpad.net/bugs/84964 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs