Hi Daniel, I was able to get my system to A18 of the BIOS. The X31 version was an experimental version, but surprisingly it prevented this bug. I ran some tests by installing and booting a Saucy LiveCD on the machine.
Here are some results: BIOS set to Legacy mode and pressing F12 during boot to access Boot menu: 1. Booting LiveCD and selecting "USB Storage Device" under "LEGACY BOOT": "Selected boot device failed." "Press any key to reboot the system." 2. Booting LiveCD and selecting "UEFI: INT13(usb,0x81)" under "UEFI BOOT:" I get the GRUB menu and can install or boot from LiveCD. 3. If I set BIOS to boot USB first, then I get this message: "Attempted to Boot UEFI Volume from Legacy Mode." "To Boot the UEFI Vollume Automatically, rather than via F12: ... ... BIOS set to UEFI mode and pressing F12 during boot to access Boot menu: 1. Booting LiveCD and selecting "USB Storage Device" under "LEGACY BOOT": "Selected boot device failed." "Press any key to reboot the system." 2. Booting LiveCD and selecting "UEFI: INT13(usb,0x81)" under "UEFI BOOT:" I get the GRUB menu and can install or boot from LiveCD. So it appears this issue may be related to UEFI and the BIOS. Can you try the same steps I performed above and see if you get similar results? I assume booting without selecting F12 is how you reproduce this bug, but trying some of the other options might provide some additional information. Also, it looks like you originally installed Raring on here. Do you recall if you saw any issues during that install? Do you recall if you had UEFI or Legacy boot enabled during that installation? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1212977 Title: [Dell Optiplex 990] Saucy daily-live images are unbootable, stuck in BusyBox shell Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “udev” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “casper” source package in Saucy: Invalid Status in “linux” source package in Saucy: Confirmed Status in “udev” source package in Saucy: Confirmed Bug description: saucy daily-live images are unbootable on Dell Optiplex 990 and other hardware combinations. I just get a BusyBox shell. --- ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.3 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: dan 2083 F.... pulseaudio CRDA: Error: command ['iw', 'reg', 'get'] failed with exit code 1: nl80211 not found. DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=9e3dac8a-8fa4-4da5-b4d2-52b2ee5fd022 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-06-03 (76 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424) IwConfig: eth0 no wireless extensions. lo no wireless extensions. MachineType: Dell Inc. OptiPlex 990 MarkForUpload: True Package: linux (not installed) ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.8.0-25-generic root=UUID=416f5f80-6d98-4208-a3f5-ef272b12e5c6 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-25.37-generic 3.8.13 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.8.0-25-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.8.0-25-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.106 RfKill: Tags: raring Uname: Linux 3.8.0-25-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo dmi.bios.date: 09/10/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A07 dmi.board.name: 0D6H9T dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: A00 dmi.chassis.type: 15 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA07:bd09/10/2011:svnDellInc.:pnOptiPlex990:pvr01:rvnDellInc.:rn0D6H9T:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct15:cvr: dmi.product.name: OptiPlex 990 dmi.product.version: 01 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1212977/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp