ACPI problems [was: Long boot delay "Mounting Root Filesystem"]

[David Abrahams]

David Abrahams <dave at boost-consulting.com> writes:

> Scouring the web for answers I see a lot of people with similar
> problems.  Any further clues would be deeply appreciated.

I'm not sure if this is my problem, but it looks like even as late as
2.6.16 kernels they're still trying to get the ACPI/SATA interactions
right: http://lwn.net/Articles/167700/

Of course, Ubuntu's latest kernel is 2.6.15-xx...

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Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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