[Bug 582582] [NEW] Boot Failure Ubuntu 10.04 Clean Install

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Ubuntu 10.04 DE 32-bit

Hardware:
- Abit K7W mobo, Phoenix BIOS 6.00PG (vendor version 15 07/21/05)
- Via KT800 NB, Via VT8237 SB\
- Athlon XP 3200+ CPU, 2GB DDR PC2700 RAM
- Onboard SB-based RAID=disabled
- Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 ST3160812AS Hard Drive - SATA, 160GB single drive on first SATA channel
- No IDE/PATA HDDs are attached...IDE DVD+-RW is on 2nd IDE channel-master

Issue:
- Clean install...CD burned from Ubuntu site's ISO passes error verification
- Installation succeeds but first post-install boot and all successive ones fail
- Have tried multiple installs with and without manual step of setting "nodmraid" via F6 pre-install options
- Latest Ubuntu updates incl. kernel and grub2 updates to not solve issue as of 08/18/10, nor does reverting to earliest/other kernels
- Solutions offered in forums do not work!!!
- Gnome 2.30.0 03/31/10
- Kernels 2.6.32-22 and -21

Error Message:
After POST there is a blinking cursor at top left for 30 seconds, then:

"Gave up waiting for root device.  Common problems:
- Boot args (cat /proc/cmdline)
  - Check rootdelay= (did the system wait long enough?)
  - Check root= (did the system wait or the right device?)
- Missing modules (cat /proc/modules; ls /dev)
ALERT! /dev/disk/by-uuid/bf7226b9-7f33-4747-996c-193252e92713 does not exist. Dropping to a shell!

BusyBox v1.13.3 (Ubuntu 1:1.13.3-1ubuntu11) built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.

(initramfs)"

-->>  If I wait a while I can enter "exit" and the boot will continue
successfully...various solutions tried from LiveCD and within Ubuntu do
not work!

** Affects: linux (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Boot Failure Ubuntu 10.04 Clean Install
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/582582
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