I thought I might have to get into Grub to select mainline kernel (do I?), but either way right now the machine boots up fine with the DVD drive in.
Although when booting I get the messages shown in the attached screenshot about 'bootconfig' being found on the command line, but no bootconfig found ** Attachment added: "1820-1024.jpg" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1877388/+attachment/5378619/+files/1820-1024.jpg -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1877388 Title: If DVD drive is present system very often fails to start-up To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1877388/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
