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[Bug 1357871] Re: Unable to boot to kernel higher then 3.13.0.29: attempt to read or write outside of disk 'hd0'

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From: Andy Whitcroft <apw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 11:53:39 -0000
Reply-to: Bug 1357871 <1357871@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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To be clear, in our case the BIOS was not able to cope with doing
initial loads from such high disk sector addresses, despite supporting
capable interfaces.

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Title:
  Unable to boot to kernel higher then 3.13.0.29: attempt to read or
  write outside of disk 'hd0'

Status in “grub2” package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Any kernel Ubuntu update installed after kernel 3.13.0.29 does not boot with the error message   error: attempt to read or write outside of disk 'hd0'
  when choosing the 3.13.0.29 kernel from the advanced option in GRUB menu there is no problem to boot.

  Gilad
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  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.3
  Architecture: i386
  AudioDevicesInUse:
   USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
   /dev/snd/controlC0:  gilad      2284 F.... pulseaudio
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=bc393e85-cca5-416c-9101-dab5139a92b2
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-03-20 (150 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release i386 (20131016.1)
  IwConfig:
   lo        no wireless extensions.
   
   eth0      no wireless extensions.
  MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. G31M-ES2L
  Package: linux (not installed)
  ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-29-generic root=UUID=c6f5efd3-0369-4d6e-a4d3-aa09265755f5 ro quiet splash
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-29.53-generic 3.13.11.2
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   linux-restricted-modules-3.13.0-29-generic N/A
   linux-backports-modules-3.13.0-29-generic  N/A
   linux-firmware                             1.127.5
  RfKill:
   
  Tags:  trusty
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-29-generic i686
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-04-19 (120 days ago)
  UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
  _MarkForUpload: True
  dmi.bios.date: 02/05/2009
  dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: F8
  dmi.board.name: G31M-S2L
  dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
  dmi.board.version: x.x
  dmi.chassis.type: 3
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvrF8:bd02/05/2009:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnG31M-ES2L:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnG31M-S2L:rvrx.x:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvr:
  dmi.product.name: G31M-ES2L
  dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.

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