Ubuntu 8.04.2 LTS fails on Dell Optiplex 960
Bug #322621 reported by
Matthew Lye
This bug affects 1 person
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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linux (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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High
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Unassigned | ||
Hardy |
Invalid
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High
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Manoj Iyer |
Bug Description
The Ubuntu 8.04.2 liveCD will not run on a Dell Optiplex 960.
If a Ubuntu 8.04.2 image is deployed to a Optiplex 960 to get it to boot you have to load an 8.10 live CD, change the root to the local disk, edit the sources to use intrepid releases, update the kernel to 2.6.27.9 (and backports-modules) to get the machine to boot.
This is expected to be due to the sata3 hdd.
It would be good to have some sort of fix for this available so you could just chroot then update to fix the problem.
This is somewhat a problem with the LTS failing on one of the three standard corporate machines. I assume there will be similar problems with the equivalent HP and IBM offerings.
Changed in linux: | |
importance: | Undecided → Critical |
Changed in linux: | |
assignee: | nobody → manjo |
Changed in linux: | |
status: | New → In Progress |
importance: | Critical → High |
importance: | Critical → High |
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Attempting to boot of a 8.10 live CD succeeds.
Using ghost to dump a raw image of an 8.04 installation to the machine fails to boot, however booting via an 8.10 liveCD then updating the repositories to intrepid and installing the latest kernel allows the machine to boot.
Problem appears to be how the current 8.04.2 kernel handles the sata3 HDD.