This could be related to Bug 133666 which indicates problems with recognizing ATA / IDE hard drives. There is a patch listed in that bug, but the patch has not been applied to Ubuntu yet.
-- kernel 2.6.22 fails to mount hard drives, drops to busybox https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/146287 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