Boot fails with 2.6.24-4 with initramfs error on hardy

[sparc128]

Upgraded 7.10 64bit to 8.04 64bit and it works fine with 2.6.24-2 kernel. Can not boot with 2.6.24-3 or -4 since it can't find hard disk. Disabled splash and quiet from grub and last message before failure on boot-up is:

floppy0: no floppy controllers found

Then get message that it can't find hard disk and initramfs error. Don't know how to capture better error message.

Output for lspci -v below (taken from second install of 32bit 7.10 on same hardware).

00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce3 Host Bridge (rev a4)
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
        Memory at e8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
        Capabilities: <access denied>

00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce3 LPC Bridge (rev a6)
        Subsystem: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0c80
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0

00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation nForce3 SMBus (rev a4)
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device 006d
        Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel, IRQ 10
        I/O ports at 2040 [size=64]
        I/O ports at 2000 [size=64]
        Capabilities: <access denied>

00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce3 USB 1.1 (rev a5) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
        Subsystem: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0c80
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
        Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Capabilities: <access denied>

00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce3 USB 1.1 (rev a5) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
        Subsystem: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0c80
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 20
        Memory at e0001000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Capabilities: <access denied>

00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce3 USB 2.0 (rev a2) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
        Subsystem: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0c80
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
        Memory at e0004000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
        Capabilities: <access denied>

00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce3 Audio (rev a2)
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device 006d
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
        I/O ports at 1400 [size=256]
        I/O ports at 1c00 [size=128]
        Memory at e0002000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Capabilities: <access denied>

00:06.1 Modem: nVidia Corporation nForce3 Audio (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [Generic])
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device 006d
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
        I/O ports at 1800 [size=256]
        I/O ports at 1c80 [size=128]
        Memory at e0003000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Capabilities: <access denied>

00:08.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation nForce3 IDE (rev a5) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
        Subsystem: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0c80
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
        [virtual] Memory at 000001f0 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=8]
        [virtual] Memory at 000003f0 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=1]
        [virtual] Memory at 00000170 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=8]
        [virtual] Memory at 00000370 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=1]
        I/O ports at 2080 [size=16]
        Capabilities: <access denied>

00:0a.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce3 PCI Bridge (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=0a, sec-latency=128
        I/O behind bridge: 00003000-00007fff
        Memory behind bridge: e0100000-e17fffff
        Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 60000000-67ffffff

00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce3 AGP Bridge (rev a4) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 16
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=10
        Memory behind bridge: e2000000-e2ffffff
        Prefetchable memory behind bridge: f0000000-f80fffff

00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
        Flags: fast devsel
        Capabilities: <access denied>

00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
        Flags: fast devsel

00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
        Flags: fast devsel

00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
        Flags: fast devsel

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV17 [GeForce4 440 Go 64M] (rev a3) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device 006d
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 248, IRQ 22
        Memory at e2000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
        Memory at f0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
        Memory at f8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=512K]
        [virtual] Expansion ROM at f8080000 [disabled] [size=128K]
        Capabilities: <access denied>

02:00.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB21 IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device 006d
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 16
        Memory at e0108000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
        Memory at e0100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
        Capabilities: <access denied>

02:01.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
        Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RT8139
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 17
        I/O ports at 7000 [size=256]
        Memory at e0108800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
        Capabilities: <access denied>

02:02.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 03)
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company NX9500 Built-in Wireless
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 64, IRQ 21
        Memory at e0104000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]

02:04.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1620 PC Card Controller (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device 006d
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 16
        Memory at e0106000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Bus: primary=02, secondary=03, subordinate=06, sec-latency=176
        Memory window 0: 60000000-63fff000 (prefetchable)
        Memory window 1: e0400000-e07ff000
        I/O window 0: 00003000-000030ff
        I/O window 1: 00003400-000034ff
        16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001

02:04.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1620 PC Card Controller (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device 006d
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 17
        Memory at e0107000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Bus: primary=02, secondary=07, subordinate=0a, sec-latency=176
        Memory window 0: 64000000-67fff000 (prefetchable)
        Memory window 1: e0c00000-e0fff000
        I/O window 0: 00003800-000038ff
        I/O window 1: 00003c00-00003cff
        16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001

02:04.2 System peripheral: Texas Instruments PCI1620 Firmware Loading Function (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device 006d
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64
        I/O ports at 7400 [size=64]
        Capabilities: <access denied>

[sparc128 (marcelino-mata)]

Problem fixed with latest -4.5 update. Call closed.

[realtime (realtimexxx)]

I get a similar problem. Ubuntu 6.10 worked once, and other versions that I got in a book, but I wanted a later version so I tried to install 7.10. I am sort of new to Linux but I have used other Unix systems in a simple way (find something that works and use it to to develop software). I re-partitioned 3 disks and could probably use an older version or Suse but I wanted to use Ubuntu. I have an Intel processor.

I have programmed for a long time but am new to Linux.

I get initramfs ata2.01 exception emask 0x0 SAct 0X0 Serr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen.

[Andrew Starr-Bochicchio (andrewsomething)]

I'm closing this bug as the reporter has confirmed that it is no longer an issue.

realtime: You should open a new bug describing your issue as you are experiencing your problem on Gutsy which has a different kernal than Hardy, the under development version. Please include as much information about you system as possible. Thanks...

[realtime (realtimexxx)]

This is the latest attempt.

I attempted to install 7.04, 6.06, and 7.10 with similar results.

This is the result of trying to install 7.10.

Disks are partitioned and formatted ext3

I received similar errors before I installed SUSE 10.3
SUSE installed itself on the SATA drive. Ubuntu would not install itself on any drive.

There may be data on the drives from running Knoppix, if it does not clean up its files.

There was data on the drive (C drive I think) from saving it while running parted-magic.

This is after I installed SUSE.

Hardware:
cpu 2.4 Mhz
Pri master IDE hard drive 60 gig Hitachi [IC35L060AVER 07-0]
Pri slave Maxtor 20 gig

secondary master ATAPI CD-ROM NEC DVD_RW ND-2500A
secondary slave [Yamaha CRW8824E]

serial ATA 230 or 250 gig appears as a SCSI onboard ATA

Busybox v.1.1.3 (Debian 1:1.1.3-5ubuntu7) Built-in shell (ash) Enter 'help' for a list of commands.

(initramfs) [67.041241] ata2.01: exception Emask 0x0 Sact 0x0 Serr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen

[67.041296] ata2.01:cmd a0/01:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/b0 tag 0 cdb 0x5a data 128 in

etc., etc.

[sparc128 (marcelino-mata)]

I had similiar issue with 7.10 on Apple PPC G3 platform. The source of the
problem was that initramfs was missing IDE driver for my hardware. The
problem only occured after install. The LiveCD had the driver.

I basically followed the procedure listed at bottom of this
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=588153 from Efrain
Valles<http://ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=51963>
to fix the problem. It basically rebuilts the initramfs with the missing
driver. I don't know the driver you need so you will probably have to
perform lsmod | grep ide or lsmod | grep ata from liveCD to find listed
drivers.