I'm on a Toshiba U300, with the same problems as described above. Passing generic.all_generic_ide=1 to the kernel during boot, allows me to get into the livecd for Feisty and linux mint 3.0, and also lets me install and boot into linux mint (didn't try feisty)
-- install fails: busybox (initramfs): can't access tty: (/dev/sda trouble?) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/129817 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs