GAPa
November 16th, 2008, 04:03 PM
Dear Sirs,
I am completely new to Linux and Ubuntu and thought that it could be interesting to try it out. When I tried to install it today, however, I couldn't even get into the Live CD mode. I just got an error message saying 'initramfs 62.648014 ata1 softreset failed (device not ready)'. More messages of the same kind came, but with different numbers.
I am trying to use the 64 bit version of Ubuntu 8.10. Since I don't want Ubuntu to interfere with my Windows installation, I disconnect the hard drive with Windows before trying to install Ubuntu. In other words, only an empty hard drive is connected. I have a Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS5 motherboard, a Core 2 Duo E8400, a PATA DVD drive and a Western Digital Caviar 320 GB SATA hard drive.
What can I do to solve this problem?
Yours faithfully,
Albert Pettersson
I am completely new to Linux and Ubuntu and thought that it could be interesting to try it out. When I tried to install it today, however, I couldn't even get into the Live CD mode. I just got an error message saying 'initramfs 62.648014 ata1 softreset failed (device not ready)'. More messages of the same kind came, but with different numbers.
I am trying to use the 64 bit version of Ubuntu 8.10. Since I don't want Ubuntu to interfere with my Windows installation, I disconnect the hard drive with Windows before trying to install Ubuntu. In other words, only an empty hard drive is connected. I have a Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS5 motherboard, a Core 2 Duo E8400, a PATA DVD drive and a Western Digital Caviar 320 GB SATA hard drive.
What can I do to solve this problem?
Yours faithfully,
Albert Pettersson