Comment 12 for bug 1091263

Hello, I will have access to this machine on the next weekend, so I could
actually test any new or modified/fixed kernel however Only From a USB Boot
Stick.I Would Give Raring daily a Shot, Any Other Suggestiona?
Regards, joro
Am 12.03.2013 20:01 schrieb "Joseph Salisbury" <
<email address hidden>>:

> You mentioned this bug did not happen with the 3.0 kernel. If that is
> the case, we can perform a kernel bisect to identify the commit that
> introduced this regression. That would require testing of 10 to 12
> kernels that I build. Would you be able to assist in testing?
>
> ** Tags added: kernel-key
>
> ** Tags added: performing-bisect
>
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> Title:
> Cannot install Ubuntu Server on Intel Raid System
>
> Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> I have been trying to install ubuntu server for the last 4 days on an
> Intel P4208CP4 server with intel rms25pb080 raid controller.
> Although the raid card (LSI 2208 chipset, 1 gb RAM, 2 8087-ports ) is
> recognized correctly by the kernel as megaraid_sas it will not ever be used
> or even offered as an installation target.
> dmesg reports "FW in fault state", and that is about all that ever
> happens. lsmod shows the relevant modules to be loaded.
> fdisk or gparted never show any devices on this controller.
> Versions i tried:
> - 12.04 server 64bit, release
> - 12.04.1 server 64bit, release
> - 12.04.2 daily build server 64bit as of 12/12/2012, kernel 3.5
> quantal-lts
> - 12.04.2 daily build desktop 64bit as of 12/12/2012, kernel 3.5
> quantal-lts
> - 12.10 deskktop and server , daily build from 12/13/2012 kernel 3.5
> - 13.04 alpha, daily build from 12/14/2012 64bit, desktop only, kernel
> 3.7-rc
> Just to make sure, i moved the raid card around between the pci-e slots.
> I also tried efi and legacy boot with all these versions - nothing.
> There are 3 more 1tb sata disks in the machine, that are not attached to
> the raid card, ubuntu in any of the above versions installs and runs there
> without any problems
>
> Machine Specs:
> MB intel S2600CP4
> 2xE5-2630 xeon
> 8x8GB Kingston ecc reg
> intel raid adapter rms25pb080 w/ 8x Samsung SSD 840PRO /256gb
> 3x 1TB WD2,5" sata on onboard sas-ports
> no cd/dvd
>
> BTW: Centos 6.3-64bit works out of the box, much to my chagrin..
> Disk throughput ist 2.9GB/s read avg. and 2.4GB/write avg. according to
> centos gnome disk utility, so the raid card seems to be ok with these ssds
> attached to it.
>
> What to do?
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