On 06/24/2010 05:53 PM, Linuxguy123 was caught red-handed while writing:: > Update > > I cloned the original 160 GB hard drive onto a new 160 GB SSD. The > booting problem is even worse now. It used to take 2-6 tries to get my > laptop to boot. Now it takes about 10. > > The SMART tests from the original 160 GB drive all came back fine. So > did all the fscks. > > I've run the bios memory check and it comes back fine too. > > The boot problem also occurred when I booted the ubuntu 10.4 live CD. > > Any ideas ? > > Thanks > > > > > > > > On Tue, 2010-01-05 at 12:14 -0700, Linuxguy123 wrote: > >> If I power down my laptop via the usual KStart->Shutdown means, it can >> take up to 4 restart attempts before it fully boots. >> >> It has no problem launching grub and the kernel selection screen. That >> it does reliably every time. After that, there are issues. >> >> Twice I will get a back screen with a flashing cursor. Then I will get >> an ehci -19 error. Then it will boot properly. >> >> My fscks are fine. I had a block error once, about two weeks ago, but >> that was with an older F12 kernel after completely crashing during a >> resume from suspend to RAM. >> >> Is anyone else experiencing a problem booting ? Does this sound like a >> kernel problem or is my hard drive failing ? >> >> Thanks >> >> $ uname -a >> Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.31.9-174.fc12.i686.PAE #1 SMP Mon Dec 21 >> 06:04:56 UTC 2009 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linu I think you are having some real HARDWARE problems. Do you have a standalone CD that does a comprehensive test of all hardware components present? -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines