Correct. Thanks, roni
-------------------------------- Roni Kisin Assistant Professor of Finance Olin Business School Washington University in St. Louis Campus Box 1133 One Brookings Drive St. Louis, MO 63130 Tel: (314) 935-3563 On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 11:55 AM, Tim Gardner <tim.gard...@canonical.com>wrote: > Roni - We are a bit confused by your description. Are you saying you > were able to install to a SAS drive using the LiveCD, but then the next > boot failed when attempting to boot from the SAS drive? And that > installing to a SATA drive works correctly as well as detecting the SAS > drives? > > -- > Boot fails with busybox prompt using LSI Logic / Symbios Logic SAS1068E > PCI-Express Fusion-MPT SAS [1000:0058] (rev 08) SAS Disk Controller > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/611474 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Triaged > > Bug description: > Upon installation of 10.04 32/64bit and 10.10 64bit, to the SAS drives, > Ubuntu boots into busybox. > > The following SAS controller is still not properly supported in Karmic, > Lucid or Maverick: > LSI Logic / Symbios Logic SAS1068E PCI-Express Fusion-MPT SAS [1000:0058] > (rev 08) > Module: mptsas > > The Precision WorkStation T7500 was purchased from Dell with Red Hat 5.3 > 64bit preinstalled. > > We have tested the "rootdelay=60" boot option (tip found in one of the > similar bugs) which did not work. > > We have tested using the Maverick Daily from 23/07/2010 as well as 2.6.35 > RC6 from the mainline PPA. > > The symptom we are seeing is being booted into busybox when booting Ubuntu > from the SAS drive. Booting into recovery mode brings him to an initramfs > prompt. Booting from a SATA drive seems to works. The BIOS version is A05, > the latest. > > Similar bugs seem to confirm the issue with this controller: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/474207 > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/579572 > > We went through the following after installing Lucid 64-bit: > 1) Boot from LiveCD > 2) Mount drive with installation > 3) Mount proc dev and sys > $ sudo -s > # mount -o bind /proc /media/external_drive/proc > # mount -o bind /dev /media/external_drive/dev > # mount -o bind /sys /media/external_drive/sys > 4) chroot into the external drive > # chroot /media/external_drive/ > 5) upgrade your system > # sudo apt-get -y update; sudo apt-get -y upgrade; sudo apt-get -y > dist-upgrade > > 6) (Optional) - Just to play it safe, we tried the latest kernel available > to see if the issue was fixed. > # mkdir linux-2.6.35 > # cd linux-2.6.35 > # wget > http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.35-rc6-maverick/linux-headers-2.6.35-020635rc6-generic_2.6.35-020635rc6_amd64.deb<http://kernel.ubuntu.com/%7Ekernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.35-rc6-maverick/linux-headers-2.6.35-020635rc6-generic_2.6.35-020635rc6_amd64.deb> > # wget > http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.35-rc6-maverick/linux-image-2.6.35-020635rc6-generic_2.6.35-020635rc6_amd64.deb<http://kernel.ubuntu.com/%7Ekernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.35-rc6-maverick/linux-image-2.6.35-020635rc6-generic_2.6.35-020635rc6_amd64.deb> > # wget > http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.35-rc6-maverick/linux-headers-2.6.35-020635rc6_2.6.35-020635rc6_all.deb<http://kernel.ubuntu.com/%7Ekernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.35-rc6-maverick/linux-headers-2.6.35-020635rc6_2.6.35-020635rc6_all.deb> > # dpkg -i linux*.deb; dpkg -i linux*.deb; dpkg -i linux*.deb > > ProblemType: Bug > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 > Package: linux-image-2.6.32-24-generic 2.6.32-24.38 > Regression: No > Reproducible: Yes > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-24.38-generic 2.6.32.15+drm33.5 > Uname: Linux 2.6.32-24-generic x86_64 > NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia > AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.21. > Architecture: amd64 > ArecordDevices: > **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** > card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: AD198x Analog [AD198x Analog] > Subdevices: 2/2 > Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 > Subdevice #1: subdevice #1 > AudioDevicesInUse: > USER PID ACCESS COMMAND > /dev/snd/controlC0: chrdlicka 1401 F.... pulseaudio > CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory > Card0.Amixer.info: > Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf7ffc000 irq 16' > Mixer name : 'Analog Devices AD1984A' > Components : 'HDA:11d4194a,1028026d,00100400' > Controls : 34 > Simple ctrls : 20 > Date: Thu Jul 29 14:06:07 2010 > HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=c7d86541-4a23-4268-8aa6-b29e0698687e > InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429) > IwConfig: > lo no wireless extensions. > > eth0 no wireless extensions. > MachineType: Dell Inc. Precision WorkStation T7500 > ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-24-generic > root=UUID=80f6800d-8051-47ae-929d-a405428d9194 ro quiet splash > ProcEnviron: > LANG=en_US.utf8 > SHELL=/bin/bash > RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.34.1 > RfKill: > > SourcePackage: linux > dmi.bios.date: 04/12/2010 > dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. > dmi.bios.version: A05 > dmi.board.name: 06FW8P > dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. > dmi.board.version: A00 > dmi.chassis.type: 7 > dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. > dmi.modalias: > dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA05:bd04/12/2010:svnDellInc.:pnPrecisionWorkStationT7500:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn06FW8P:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct7:cvr: > dmi.product.name: Precision WorkStation T7500 > dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. > > > > To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/611474/+subscribe > -- Boot fails with busybox prompt using LSI Logic / Symbios Logic SAS1068E PCI-Express Fusion-MPT SAS [1000:0058] (rev 08) SAS Disk Controller https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/611474 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs