initramfs - failed to set xfermode
failed to set xfermode (err_mask=0×4)
In that mode there only be a minimal number of commands. Mainly this issue related to kernel 2.6.22-14-generic wit Sata controller. Ubuntu release some batch for resolve. Click here for access. Some more techniques are
For a quick start this can be done by pressing ESC on the grub
prompt, then pressing “e”, selecting the line beginning with “kernel”,
pressing “e” again and adding “irqpoll” to the end of the line. After
this press enter and then “b” to boot the kernel.
To make the change permanent the /boot/grub/menu.lst has to be edited.
Open it in your favorite editor using sudo (e.g. “sudo vim
/boot/grub/menu.lst”) and change the following line
# defoptions=quiet splash
by adding “irqpoll”
# defoptions=quiet splash irqpoll
and then running “sudo update-grub”.
2) The installer encountered an error copying files to the hard disk:
[Errno 5] Input/output error
This particular error is often due to a faulty CD/DVD disk or drive, or a faulty hard disk
This error mainlu due to the media either hard disk, try to install ubuntu alternative CD for resolving or Try the following
With the boot-options I pressed F6 twice and marked the first 3 options
that came in a pop-up window (noapci nolapic noapic ).
3) Booting the kernel
[ 27.566608] PCI: Cannot allocate resource region 2 of device 0000:05:00.0
[ 27.566641] PCI: Cannot allocate resource region 0 of device 0000:05:00.1
[ 170.994895] hda: ide_intr: huh? expected NULL handler on exit
[ 171.043358] buffer I/O error on device hda, logical block 358278
This error due to IDE hard disk error for resolve try to install ubuntu alternate CD or
Try adding
ide=nodma
as a boot option at the startup screen (F6 if I recall correctly). Add
the comment before the "--" at the end of the line, and leave a space
before the double dashes.
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