*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 978891 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/978891
I've been having a similar problem, this happens when during a reboot, but if I start from cold boot it's fine. I have a Sony VAIO VCPEH 2H1E/w, and I have a Hitachi 2TB External HDD plugged in, whenever on a reboot and it's plugged in, the drive would begin to load up like if it was about to boot into something else on the drive, which I don't, except for maybe a few iso files which aren't setup to run in any way. When I come to a reboot I get past the BIOS start-up spashscreen then it jumps strait to a blank screen with a blinking underline on the screen. Unplugging the external Hard Drive and rebooting seems to fix it temporarily, I even made a check into the BIOS Settings to make sure the main hard drive installed is booting first before everything else which it is. Linux ***** 3.5.0-31-generic #52-Ubuntu SMP Thu May 16 16:27:05 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1047688 Title: Boot fails on udev if USB devices are present To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1047688/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs