Interestingly,the above (disabling the JMicron controller makes feisty bootable)only applies to the LiveCD of Herd-5,once installed/upgraded to Herd-5 via apt on disk,the Kernel 2.6.20-9 does not boot,even with the controller disabled !
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