[SandyBridge] Fails to boot livecd when both hd and cd are on SATA III ports
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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linux (Ubuntu) |
Won't Fix
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Medium
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Unassigned | ||
Natty |
Invalid
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Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Attempted installing natty alpha-2 livecd on a brand new system, but trying to do either an install or live environment dropped me to a busybox prompt with the error:
"Unable to find a medium containing a live file system"
Resolved it by plugging the DVD player into one of the SATA II ports. The installation proceeded flawlessly after that.
I found the same issue using an alpha-1 livecd, so seems not to be a .37 vs. .38 issue. Also, I had been able to successfully boot using an already installed HD from another computer.
I'm not thrilled with that workaround since this is a sandybridge board that Intel says has a design flaw in its SATA II...
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: linux-image-
Regression: No
Reproducible: Yes
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23.
Architecture: i386
ArecordDevices:
**** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC892 Analog [ALC892 Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
Card hw:0 'PCH'/'HDA Intel PCH at 0xfbff8000 irq 59'
Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC892'
Components : 'HDA:10ec0892,
Controls : 32
Simple ctrls : 18
Date: Thu Feb 3 19:39:59 2011
HibernationDevice: RESUME=
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha i386 (20110202)
IwConfig:
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. P67A-UD4
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LC_MESSAGES=
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=
RelatedPackageV
linux-
linux-
linux-firmware 1.46
RfKill:
SourcePackage: linux
dmi.bios.date: 11/25/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
dmi.bios.version: F4
dmi.board.name: P67A-UD4
dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.board.version: x.x
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSof
dmi.product.name: P67A-UD4
dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
http:// www.overclock. net/operating- systems/ 720622- unable- find-medium- containing- live-file. html
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Alright after hours of toiling, I finally figured the bastard out. This is an issue with this mobo. It has 2 sata 6gbps ports that the bios loads on bootup. If there is no device connected to one of these ports, you get an annoying "No harddrive detected" warning message on POST. To avoid this, people (like myself) generally plug in their sata CDROM into it. Well, when trying to boot from a linux live CD, it doesn't support the sata 6gbps ports, only the normal 3gbps ports.
Solution: Plug the CDROM into one of the 3gbps ports instead. Live CD recognized this and booted right up. What a pain in the ass Asus!
"""