Bug#377423: linux-image-2.6.16-2-em64t-p4-smp: Fails to find boot device (AHCI ICH7 Family)
Package: linux-image-2.6.16-2-em64t-p4-smp
Version: 2.6.16-14
Severity: serious
Justification: 3
Hardware:
ASUS P5WD2
Maxtor SATA 300G
DELL monitor with 4 usb card readers FPW2004
Configuration:
Maxtor hard drive connected to SATA port 1 (sda)
The ATA bus is configured in BIOS to AHCI mode.
Problem:
The kernel randomly swaps the /dev/sda to /dev/sde device and back on boot-up.
The confusion occurs when the kernel spontaneously
assigns /dev/sda, /dev/sdb, /dev/sdc and /dev/sdd to the USB based card
readers.
If the kernel selects /dev/sda (SATA IDE) as the boot drive all is good.
If the kernel assigns /dev/sda to one of the USB card readers, than the AHCI
bus SATA drive gets /dev/sde and the error is" "Waiting for no boot device"
P.S same thing occurs with 2.6.17-1-em64t-p4-smp
Andrew.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.16-2-em64t-p4-smp
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.16-2-em64t-p4-smp depends on:
ii e2fsprogs 1.39-1 ext2 file system utilities and
lib ii initramfs-tools [linux-initra 0.60 tools for generating an
initramfs ii module-init-tools 3.2.2-3 tools for managing
Linux kernel mo
linux-image-2.6.16-2-em64t-p4-smp recommends no packages.
-- debconf information:
linux-image-2.6.16-2-em64t-p4-smp/preinst/abort-install-2.6.16-2-em64t-p4-sm
p:
linux-image-2.6.16-2-em64t-p4-smp/preinst/bootloader-initrd-2.6.16-2-em64t-p
4-smp: true
linux-image-2.6.16-2-em64t-p4-smp/preinst/initrd-2.6.16-2-em64t-p4-smp:
linux-image-2.6.16-2-em64t-p4-smp/postinst/old-dir-initrd-link-2.6.16-2-em64
t-p4-smp: true
linux-image-2.6.16-2-em64t-p4-smp/postinst/old-initrd-link-2.6.16-2-em64t-p4
-smp: true
linux-image-2.6.16-2-em64t-p4-smp/preinst/already-running-this-2.6.16-2-em64
t-p4-smp:
linux-image-2.6.16-2-em64t-p4-smp/postinst/bootloader-test-error-2.6.16-2-em
64t-p4-smp:
linux-image-2.6.16-2-em64t-p4-smp/postinst/depmod-error-initrd-2.6.16-2-em64
t-p4-smp: false
linux-image-2.6.16-2-em64t-p4-smp/postinst/kimage-is-a-directory:
linux-image-2.6.16-2-em64t-p4-smp/postinst/old-system-map-link-2.6.16-2-em64
t-p4-smp: true
linux-image-2.6.16-2-em64t-p4-smp/prerm/would-invalidate-boot-loader-2.6.16-
2-em64t-p4-smp: true
linux-image-2.6.16-2-em64t-p4-smp/preinst/failed-to-move-modules-2.6.16-2-em
64t-p4-smp:
linux-image-2.6.16-2-em64t-p4-smp/postinst/bootloader-error-2.6.16-2-em64t-p
4-smp:
linux-image-2.6.16-2-em64t-p4-smp/postinst/depmod-error-2.6.16-2-em64t-p4-sm
p: false
linux-image-2.6.16-2-em64t-p4-smp/preinst/lilo-initrd-2.6.16-2-em64t-p4-smp:
true
linux-image-2.6.16-2-em64t-p4-smp/preinst/elilo-initrd-2.6.16-2-em64t-p4-smp
: true
linux-image-2.6.16-2-em64t-p4-smp/preinst/overwriting-modules-2.6.16-2-em64t
-p4-smp: true
linux-image-2.6.16-2-em64t-p4-smp/preinst/abort-overwrite-2.6.16-2-em64t-p4-
smp:
linux-image-2.6.16-2-em64t-p4-smp/postinst/create-kimage-link-2.6.16-2-em64t
-p4-smp: true
linux-image-2.6.16-2-em64t-p4-smp/prerm/removing-running-kernel-2.6.16-2-em6
4t-p4-smp: true linux-image-2.6.16-2-em64t-p4-smp/preinst/lilo-has-ramdisk:
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Andrew
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