Ubuntu 9.04 Installation Woes

[NoOp]

On 09/07/2009 12:39 PM, Rob wrote:
> Alrighty folks...here is the latest in my continuing attempts to get
> Ubuntu 9.04 installed on my computer.  
> 
> I went ahead and sprung for $15 for an Ubuntu magazine in Barnes and
> Noble that had the 9.04 disk included.  This morning it appears to have
> installed successfully on my external drive (a 500 gig Seagate) and it
> also appears that Grub was successfully installed on HD0 since when I
> rebooted, Grub appears showing the options of operating systems to boot.
> 
> When I choose to boot Ubuntu, the Ubuntu Splash Screen appears and I get
> the following:
> 
> Boot from (hd2,0) ext 3 eb309597-f711-458-b3b7-0a281dae6281
> 
> Starting up...
> [  1.964023] ata1: softreset failed (device not ready)
> [  2.628016] ata2: softreset failed (device not ready)
> [  3.292017] ata3: softreset failed (device not ready)
> [  3.988017] ata4: softreset failed (device not ready)
> 
> modprobe: FATAL could not
> load /lib/modules/2.6.28-11-generic/modules.dep: No such file or
> directory
> 
> Loading, please wait...
> 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 for the right device?)
> - Missing modules (cat /proc/modules; ls/dev
> ALERT! /dev/disk/by-uuid/eb309597-f711-458f-b367-0a281dae6281 does not
> exist. Dropping to a shell!
> 
> BusyBox v1.10.2 (Ubuntu1:1.10.2-2ubuntu7)built-in shell (ash) Enter
> "help" for a list of built-in commands.
> [initramfs]
> 
> When I use the Super Grub CD to boot it sees Ubuntu 9.04 Kernel
> 2.6.28.11-generic as a boot option but selecting it yields:
> 
> Error 15: File not found
> press any key to continue
> 
> If anyone has a clue as to what could be going on here, I'd be grateful
> for any assistance.

Is this 'external' seagate drive a USB drive? If so you might: 1) move
the drive to a back USB port to avoid noise/weak signals on extended USB
ports, 2) install to an internal drive.

The latter would be my suggestion.