[mdlug] Laptop woes - Knoppix boots but Ubuntu doesn't?

[Ingles, Raymond]

> From: Michael Mikowski

> >  It's a hardware thing. What I don't know (yet) is what kind of
hardware
> > issue it is. I've noted that on OpenSUSE, it logs a few ATA 'device
not
> > ready' errors before it finally boots. So far, this has not impacted
> > operation, but...
> >
> Reseat the hard drive?

 Two different hard drives (a 30GB and a 40GB), which both work when
hooked up via a USB drive adapter.

 I think it may be the ATA *controller* that's flaked out somewhat.

 Sincerely,

 Ray Ingles                                    (313) 227-2317

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