linux-image-2.6.20-2: unable to boot Feisty

I have new important information about that problem: linux-image-2.6.20-2 doesn't hang my computer.

After a couple of minutes of inactivity the system says that:

ALERT! /dev/sdb6 does not exist.
Dropping to a shell!

Shell is: Busybox v1.1.3 (Debian 1:1.1.3-3ubuntu2) (ash)

The problem is that the kernel detects my master harddrive as hde device and my slave harddrive as hdg device, where is the root partition...

Today, after a new dist-upgrade with an initramfs update a new message is shown on my screen just before dropping me to a shell:

ide_media[1968]: main : unable to read from '/proc/ide/ide2/hde/media'
Done
Check root= bootarg cat /proc/cmdline
or missing modules, devices: cat /proc/modules ls /dev

Obviously, my harddrive is not detected correctly, :-)

Your problem seems to be related with this:

https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+bug/76785

Chantra's workaround does not work for me either 2.6.20-2-386 or 2.6.20-2-generic kernel:

1) $ sudo vi /usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/local-top/udev_helper
2) comment out modprobe -q ide-generic
3) $ sudo update-initramfs -u -k 2.6.20-2-generic
or
4) $ sudo update-initramfs -u -k 2.6.20-2-386

the system stops on checking irqs, #18 and #17 respectively.

:-(

I'll try Martin Sousa's workaround:

to install initramfs-tools_0.69ubuntu26_all.deb

I will comment on something later...

My feisty partition is dead even if I install the initramfs-tools_0.69ubuntu26_all.deb package.

 Nothing has changed.

Installing the newest initramfs-tools update of Debian (initramfs-tools_0.85e_all.deb) which solves a similar problem:

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=403224

it has no success with my problem.

My kernels 2.6.20* stops on detecting irqs...

I'm sure new year will bring me a real solution ;-)

No success with 386, generic, lowlatency and server kernels.

The problem, I think, is how the "init" process detects my harddrives.

For example:

...
Ide0: BM-DMA at 0xf000-0xf007, BIOS settings: hda: DMA, hdb: pio
Ide1: BM-DMA at 0xf008-0xf00f, BIOS settings: hdc: DMA, hdd: pio
usb 3-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
hdc: HL-DT-STDVD-ROM GDR8162B, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
ide1: I/O resource 0x376-0x376 not free.
hdc: ERROR, PORTS ALREADY IN USE
ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
ICH5-SATA: IDE controller at PCI slot 0000:00:1f.2
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1f.2[A] -> GSI 18 (level,low) -> IRQ 18
ICH5-SATA: chipset revision 2
ICH5-SATA: 100% native mode on irq 18
ide2: BM-DMA at 0xd000-0xd007, BIOS settings: hde:DMA, hdf:pio
ide3: BM-DMA at 0xd008-0xd00f, BIOS settings: hdg:DMA, hdh:pio
hde: Maxtor 6V080E0, ATA DISK drive
hdf: probing with STATUS(0x00) instead of ALTSTATUS(0x50)
hdd: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4167B, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
hdf: probing with STATUS(0x00) instead of ALTSTATUS(0x50)
ide2: I/0 resource 0xC402-0xC402 not free.
hde: ERROR, PORTS ALREADY IN USE
ide2 at 0x000-0x0077,0xc402 on irq 18
ide3: I/0 resource 0xCC02-0xCC02 not free.
ide3: ports already in use, skippin probe
SCSI subsystem initialized
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:08.0[A] -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 20
e100: eth0: e100_probe: addr 0Xfa000000, irq 20, MAC addr 00:0D:61:30:E2:6E
hdg: ST3120026AS, ATA DISK drive
hdh: probing with STATUS(0x00) instead of ALTSTATUS(0x50)
hdh: probing with STATUS(0x00) instead of ALTSTATUS(0x50)
register_blkdev: cannot get major 22 for ide1
register_blkdev: cannot get major 33 for ide2
ide3 at 0xc800-0xc807,0xcc02 on irq 18
hdg: max request size: 512KiB
usb 3-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hdg: 234441648 sectors (120034 MB) w/819KiB Cache, CHS=16383/255/63, UDMA(100)
hdg: cache flushes supported
hdg: Done
Begin: Waiting for root file system... ...
hdg1 hdg2 < hdg5 hdg6 hdg7 hdg8 hdg9 >
irq 18: nobody cared (try booting with the "irqpoll" option)
...

What do you think?

Edit /boot/grub/menu.lst, find the line that starts "# kopt_2_6" and remove it. Then run "sudo update-grub". This should resolve the issue.

> Edit /boot/grub/menu.lst, find the line that starts "# kopt_2_6" and remove it. >Then run "sudo update-grub". This should resolve the issue.

Update-grub doesn't work either.

I've obtained the same results than before for the kernels 386, generic, lowlatency and server.

If I boot with the "ro single splash" kernel options, I get this message:

hde: ERROR, PORTS ALREADY IN USE
irq 18: nobody care
handlers:
.... (usb_hcd_irq+0x0/0x60 [usbcore])
.... (ide_intr+0x0/0x1f0)
.... (ide_intr+0x0/0x1f0)
Disabling IRQ # 18
ide-media [1998]: main: unable to read form '/proc/ide/ide2/hde/media'

I have two SATA Hard disks, sda and sdb.
My Ubuntu Edgy is at the /dev/sda6 partition.

The boot process detects my sdb disk as a hdg device as you can read in my last message.

:-(

>> My Ubuntu Edgy is at the /dev/sda6 partition

Sorry, a mistake: feisty is at /dev/sdb6...

Update: identical problem with the very new kernel 2.6.20-3-386

No changes...

Update: identical problem with the very new kernel 2.6.20-4-386

No changes...

Same problem for me and the workaround doesn't work.

It's better if the bug is reopened.

I run in a similar problem, but it is fixed with 2.6.20-4.

The hard disc was not found correctly. In the bootlog I saw the message:

PCI: Unable to reserve I/O region #1:8@1f0 for device 0000:00:1f.2

The problem was still in 2.6.20-rc3: http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/1/1/20 and http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/12/3/99

> Ischebeck wrote:
> In the bootlog I saw the message:
> PCI: Unable to reserve I/O region #1:8@1f0 for device 0000:00:1f.2

I have not seen messages like this in my bootlog, with the 2.6.20-4-386 kernel.

But I have seen a panic message, however:

...
Begin: Running /scripts/init-premount
ACPI: Getting cpuindex for acpiid 0x1
Done.
Begin: Mounting root file system... ...
Begin: Running /scripts/local-top
PANIC: Circular dependancy. Exiting
...

Update: identical problem with the very new kernel 2.6.20-5-386

No changes...

Is it normal??

same with 2.6.20-8

> dm said: same with 2.6.20-8

Yes, I get the same log with all the 2.6.20.x kernels...

If I prove it with the "ro quiet splash" kernel options, I'm dropped to the shell immediately.

But if I prove with "ro single" options I get the same log that you have attached...

Well, the boot params are root=/dev/sda5 ro locale=ru_RU, quiet and splash was removed to see what's going on.
The system boots and stops after hdd (on the screen). After a minute it gives busybox with a shell.

I make it work setting sata as ide0-master and disabling all IDE's in BIOS. It's not an satisfactory solution, but it works yet.

PS: sorry for my bad English

I'm experencing this same bug but when I boot with the irqpoll option it manages to boot but does not detect on of my harddrives. I have a P4P800 motherboard and the HD that does not detect is a seagate 320gig, I'd have to look at the harddrive or maybe write down what it detects in the BIOS for more information, I've been using .20 since -4 and am now at -9 with the same issue

the HD is a Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3320620AS incase this helps... let me know if I can do anything else

sorry the harddrive issue was acctualy unrelated... before the HD was fine being referred to as /dev/sdb1 but with this kernel it has decided it wants to be /dev/hdg1. probally a reason but I don't know it. maybe it's related I don't know.

anyway I guess I'll post my boot log with irqpoll enabled (boots successfully that way).

Thanks, with /dev/hdg1 it work fine now!

On 3/14/07, todzuallen <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> sorry the harddrive issue was acctualy unrelated... before the HD was
> fine being referred to as /dev/sdb1 but with this kernel it has decided
> it wants to be /dev/hdg1. probally a reason but I don't know it. maybe
> it's related I don't know.
>
> anyway I guess I'll post my boot log with irqpoll enabled (boots
> successfully that way).
>
> ** Attachment added: "boot log with irqpoll"
> http://librarian.launchpad.net/6792908/dmesg
>
> --
> linux-image-2.6.20-2: unable to boot Feisty
> https://launchpad.net/bugs/76640
>

I think this is all related to a lack of UUID updating in grub's menu.lst.

Before kernel 2.6.20-12 primary sata hdd was recognized as /dev/hdg, and with this kernel it is /dev/sda.

I think that issue/feature is fixed now.