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["Christopher M. Penalver" <christopher.m.penalver@xxxxxxxxx>]

Roni Kisin, this bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any
activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue? If
so, could you please test for this with the latest development release
of Ubuntu? ISO images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com
/daily-live/current/ .

If it remains an issue, could you please run the following command in
the development release from a Terminal
(Applications->Accessories->Terminal), as it will automatically gather
and attach updated debug information to this report:

apport-collect -p linux <replace-with-bug-number>

Also, could you please test the latest upstream kernel available following https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds ? It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue. Please do not test the daily kernel folder, but the one all the way at the bottom. Once you've tested the upstream kernel, please comment on which kernel version specifically you tested. If this bug is fixed in the mainline kernel, please add the following tags:
kernel-fixed-upstream
kernel-fixed-upstream-VERSION-NUMBER

where VERSION-NUMBER is the version number of the kernel you tested. For example:
kernel-fixed-upstream-v3.12-rc2

This can be done by clicking on the yellow circle with a black pencil icon next to the word Tags located at the bottom of the bug description. As well, please remove the tag:
needs-upstream-testing

If the mainline kernel does not fix this bug, please add the following tags:
kernel-bug-exists-upstream
kernel-bug-exists-upstream-VERSION-NUMBER

As well, please remove the tag:
needs-upstream-testing

Once testing of the upstream kernel is complete, please mark this bug's
Status as Confirmed. Please let us know your results. Thank you for your
understanding.


** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
       Status: Triaged => Incomplete

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Title:
  Boot fails with busybox prompt using LSI Logic / Symbios Logic
  SAS1068E PCI-Express Fusion-MPT SAS [1000:0058] (rev 08) SAS Disk
  Controller

Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

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
  # 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
  # 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
  # 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.

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