Here some further indications that might help: The feisty system is an upgrade from edgy. In edgy, there was kernel 2.6.17-11 that worked.
In feisty, there also is a 2.6.17-11 kernel. (I don't know whether it is the same or if it has been replaced during the upgrade) I would like to let you know, that feisty does not start when I tell it to use the 2.6.17-11 kernel. (I did not add the irqpoll option) Unfortunately, I am not able to see the messages at startup because the computer is headless. Are these messages logged? If so, where can I find them? And now to the main purpose of this comment: The fact, that feisty does not start with the kernel that worked under edgy (I am assuming that it is the same) makes me wonder whether it really is merely a kernel issue. -- kernel 2.6.20-5 doesn't boot with sata-hd https://launchpad.net/bugs/78288 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs