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linux-source-2.6.20 package

Feisty wont install - Cannot find hard drive

Bug #110091 reported by Robert Rittenhouse on 2007-04-25

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #106864: Feisty boot fail "can't access tty" IDE SATA problem. Edit Remove

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	linux-source-2.6.20 (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	High	Unassigned

Bug Description

I downloaded Ubuntu Feisty 7.04 and tried to install it on my system. The installer could not find my IDE hard drive (160GB WD IDE) because during the partitioning stage of the install all I had was "Manual" and I would select that option and there wouldnt be anything on the next window. I also tried going into gparted and it could not find a hard drive.

Now.. this leads me to think that the kernel 2.6.20-15 isnt working with my hardware correctly because I currently have an install of Feisty (upgraded FROM edgy) and I have to use kernel 2.6.20-13 because -14 and -15 do not work!

I get this:

Busy Box v1.1.3 (Debian 1:1.13-3-ubuntu3) Built in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.
/bin/sh: can't access tty: job control turned off
(initramfs)

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Robert Rittenhouse (rrittenhouse) wrote on 2007-04-25:

dmesg.txt Edit (23.4 KiB, text/plain)

dmesg output

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Robert Rittenhouse (rrittenhouse) wrote on 2007-04-25:

lspci.txt Edit (6.8 KiB, text/plain)

lspci output

Brian Murray (brian-murray) on 2007-04-25

Changed in linux-source-2.6.20:
assignee:	nobody → ubuntu-kernel-team
importance:	Undecided → High
status:	Unconfirmed → Confirmed

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Robert Rittenhouse (rrittenhouse) wrote on 2007-04-25:

I was reading along and found a link to http://blog.shevin.info/2007/04/how-did-i-fix-cant-acess-tty-in-feisty.html

I used the commands on there he had and i can now boot into 2.6.20-15 BUT this still does not help me when trying to install a clean feisty as the problems still exist on the Live CD.

sudo gedit /etc/initramfs-tools/modules
(add piix to the end of the file)
sudo update-initramfs -u

Rebooted and im in 2.6.20-15....

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2008-12-23: Kernel team bugs

Per a decision made by the Ubuntu Kernel Team, bugs will longer be assigned to the ubuntu-kernel-team in Launchpad as part of the bug triage process. The ubuntu-kernel-team is being unassigned from this bug report. Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeamBugPolicies for more information. Thanks.