I'm going to do that when I get home. I found another post saying the regular ubuntu desktop iso won't install on raid you have to use the alternate iso image... Going to try that as well
Ron
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From: Kat <email address hidden>

Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:50:54 
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Subject: Re: [Bug 285392] Re: Softreset failed (device not ready)



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Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2009 6:35 PM
Subject: [Bug 285392] Re: Softreset failed (device not ready)


Argh sorry for the re-postings, I got it going again (still RAID 0 w/2
500GB WD drives).  Two things I realized:

1> On Asus's website, it does list something about Seagate drives not
showing during booting.  Now my 1.5TB did show, but it mentions about
some firmware change in their new drives can cause issues for SATA-II
interfaces or something.

2> The bigger issue.. so the RAID 0 is working, but with the two SATA-II
drives connected, and the raid constructed to be 1TB, when I get to the
partition option in 9.04 it doesn't show the one TB RAID 0 setup, but
it's detecting and showing *BOTH* 500 GB drives!

[x] Use the entire disk
.....[x] SCSI (0,0,0) (sda) - 500.1 GB ATA WDC etc....
.....[ ] SCSI (0,0,0) (sdb) - 500.1 GB ATA WDC etc...
[ ] Specify partitions manually (advanced)

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I'm guessing maybe the BIOS/Chipset/etc may have a flaw? Or Ubuntu is
seeing right past the on board RAID controller somehow?!

> end quoted segment <

Hmm... that one I'm not sure about, since I'm using software RAID on my box. 
I know that when I built the RAID manually, I did have to go in to the 
partition screen and select the RAID option for the installer to start the 
array and let me partition from the array and not just from the drives.  I'm 
not sure if you need to do the same thing with hardware RAID.  (IIRC, I had 
to do that both for the RAID array and for the LVM partitions that I'd built 
manually outside the installer.)

Have you tried popping out some of the RAM to see if that workaround helped 
for you?

Kat

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Softreset failed (device not ready)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/285392
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Status in “linux” source package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
Status in “linux” source package in Fedora: New

Bug description:
INSTALLATION problem for Hardy and IBEX as well.
During the install process I got the next messages [during an extremely slow installation process]
Hardy producess similar messages (30 min)
Ibex stops, 

Let me lists messages when Ibex install stops
I got the mesages below

BusyBox V1.10.2 (Ubuntu 1:1.10.2-1 ubuntu6) built-in shell (ash)

[66.064009] ata7:Softreset failed (device not ready)
[76.084008] ata8:Softreset failed (device not ready)
[86.088009] ata8:Softreset failed (device not ready)
[121.128011] ata8:Softreset failed (device not ready)
[126.148007] ata8:Softreset failed (device not ready)

What is the problem rally here with the install DVD? (regardless is it Hardy or Intrepid the same messages I got)

GA-EP45-DQ6 motherboard (http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Overview.aspx?ProductID=2831)


[ The South Bridge: 6 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors (SATAII0, SATAII1, SATAII2, SATAII3, SATAII4, SATAII5) supporting up to 6 SATA 3Gb/s devices are connected but
I did not connected any sata cables to 2 x SiI5723 chips : -4 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors (GS0-Source, GS1, GS2-Source, GS3) supporting up to 4 SATA 3Gb/s devices - Support for Smart Backup (RAID 1) ]

I suspect that messages comes around the Jmicron & Sis5723 chips. Is it driver problem, not providing during the install ? 
See schematic http://www.hardwarezone.com/img/data/articles/2008/2559/dq6-sketch.jpg
Or more info on the motherboard  at http://forums.tweaktown.com/f69/ep45-ds5-dq6-27384/


How to provide driver, if it is so? (There is no Ubuntu driver at ftp://driver.jmicron.com.tw/jmb36x/? [there is driver for e.g. fedora but none for ubuntu])
How to continue the installation, skip searching the ATA drivers for not used chip, get able to install the Ibex?