Re: Ubuntu Installation problem--Help needed

"biju  mangalalayam" <[email protected]>
writes:


> I have installed ubuntu 5.10 in my pc with sata harddisk. during
> installation there was no problem faced but after the installation
> and during the first bootup the system hangs at displaying a message
> like looking for hotplug subsystem. Is there any problem with sata
> hdd and ubuntu??please reply me if any solution regarding this
> trouble.

I have not had any problem with Ubuntu on an AMD64 system (MSI Neo
m/b) which has NO IDE hard disks (except a DVD ROM writer).

I am currently running Debian unstable on that system; and my answer
may be wrong; so follow this at your ow risk. ;)

I suspect this is a problem with the udev and/or hotplug
packages. IIRC, only one of them should be installed at a time.

Please do the following:-

1. Root into rescue / single user modes (there ought to be one in the
   grub menu)

2. run the command `apt-get -f install' ; this will fix problems with
   unconfigured packages, if any.

3. Say `apt-get install udev`

4. `dpkg --purge hotplug`

Please get back to the list with the results.

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