[ubuntu-us-mi] Problem with 9.04 on Thinkpad T61P

[Mike Bernson]

Jonathan Billings wrote:
> On Thu, May 07, 2009 at 02:24:01PM -0400, Jonathan Billings wrote:
>> On Tue, May 05, 2009 at 06:38:03PM -0400, Mike Bernson wrote:
>>> I had ext3 file system problem after reboots on 3 different tries. Each
>>> try was a clean install of 9.04. 1 Time the file system error happened
>>> before reboot and it remount the file system read only. The other 2 times
>>> the system did not shutdown clean. I tried to shutdown from the GUI and
>>> the system did not turn off. After a while I force the system off. When
>>> turning the laptop back the fsck failed with a large (200+) files that
>>> where not connected into the file system.
>> Honestly, this kind of error sounds like a disk problem, or something
>> weird like the swap partition overlaps the ext3 filesystem you're
>> having a problem with.  I used to see this often in the past but not
>> with modern installers.
> 
> Another thing I can think of is that I remember some Thinkpads doing
> weird things with the emergency restore partition, where linux would
> end up using space the BIOS left aside for the emergency restore
> section.  I think it was a FAT partition at the end of the disk.
> 
I am using the same partition layout for 8.10 that works without a problem.

The first try also used a partition layout where I had not touch the
XP install and restore areas.