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[Joseph Salisbury <joseph.salisbury@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks, Daniel.  I'm going to try and get my machine back to the A18
BIOS.

Just curious, what steps did you use to flash the BIOS?  I was planning
on using FreeDOS to boot from a USB stick, then running the BIOS
executable.

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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.

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