I had the same thing happen today after doing a reboot. Got as far as Checking File Systems - fsck 1.40-WIP (14 Nov-2006) was doing a forced check on one of my backup hard drives when the system locked up with
[71:492208] Bug: soft lockup detected on CPU#0! This is with Feisty fully updated and 2.6.20-16-generic kernel. Only managed to get the system back up after removing a wireless network card - a CWP-854. -- CPU soft lockup during boot if ipw3945 kill switch is on https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/63418 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