after installing ubuntu-server, HDD's are not detected in AHCI mode
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this is holding up the project, so any ideas would be appreciated, even
if it is just a suggestion of a better place to ask.
i know it doesn't seem ubuntu-related, so i asked on the sun forums[1].
no one has helped me there either. i also asked on another random
forum[2] and i got some suggestions but still no solution.
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06-06-2010, 10:42 PM
scar
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i am really leaning towards a bug with ubuntu.
after changing the BIOS back to IDE mode and thus detecting the disks, i
booted up a livecd and proceeded to simply delete the partitions on the
disks with gparted. then, rebooted and changed the BIOS back to AHCI.
the disks are magically detected again.
so, i go and install ubuntu-server again on a third, identical server.
upon rebooting, the disks are no longer detected. the BIOS just gets
stuck at 'auto-detecting SATA PORT0'
i noticed something interesting in the installation, during the
partitioning. both disks initially showed up as 'free space' but, as
soon as i carved out the partitions like i did last time, they magically
showed up as raid/lvm paritions. so, something was still on the disks.
maybe i need to use dd to write zeroes to the entire surface of both disks?
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06-07-2010, 02:57 AM
Ante Karamatić
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On 07.06.2010 00:42, scar wrote:
> i am really leaning towards a bug with ubuntu.
Well if the same setup works on other machines of the same type, except
that one, I would suspect that there is a problem with hardware. My
personal experience with Sun hardware is actually quite bad, so i I
avoid them at all costs.
> i noticed something interesting in the installation, during the
> partitioning. both disks initially showed up as 'free space' but, as
> soon as i carved out the partitions like i did last time, they magically
> showed up as raid/lvm paritions. so, something was still on the disks.
> maybe i need to use dd to write zeroes to the entire surface of both disks?
Deleting partitions doesn't delete anything on the disk - it just
'deletes' contents of MBR. Once you set up partitions, lvm/md will
detect existing lvm/md partitions and show them. You should delete
logical and raid volumes before creating new ones.
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06-07-2010, 06:22 AM
scar
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Ante Karamatić @ 06/06/2010 07:57 PM:
> On 07.06.2010 00:42, scar wrote:
>
>> i am really leaning towards a bug with ubuntu.
>
> Well if the same setup works on other machines of the same type, except
> that one, I would suspect that there is a problem with hardware. My
> personal experience with Sun hardware is actually quite bad, so i I
> avoid them at all costs.
unfortunately, these are the servers we're stuck with. they're
essentially brand-new, too, though they've been in their boxes for about
a year.
we have three of the same server, and the setup has worked on one of
them, while the other two have exhibited this strange behavior.
perhaps it is some updated package that the installer is grabbing? i am
inclined to try the installation without network access to see what
happens....
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06-14-2010, 12:21 AM
scar
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scar @ 05/15/2010 08:18 PM:
> i have two identical servers with identical hardware. the servers are
> sun fire x2250's with two 1 TB hard disks. on server #1, i installed
> ubuntu-server a couple weekends ago. in the BIOS i configured the disks
> to use AHCI mode. everything works great. i created two RAID-1 md
> devices. on md0 i formatted ext4 and put /boot. on md1 i put LVM with
> logical volumes for / and swap.
>
> then, last weekend, i did the same thing (AFAIK) for server #2. only
> this time, after rebooting, the hard disks are no longer detected; the
> BIOS just hangs at "auto-detecting SATA PORT 0". if i change, in the
> BIOS, the disks back to IDE mode instead of AHCI, they get detected.
> isn't that strange?
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06-14-2010, 01:18 AM
scar
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scar @ 06/06/2010 11:22 PM:
> perhaps it is some updated package that the installer is grabbing? i am
> inclined to try the installation without network access to see what
> happens....
installing with the network cable unplugged didn't change anything....
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06-14-2010, 03:28 AM
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scar @ 06/13/2010 05:21 PM:
> wonder if it's related to bug #551965?
ah, success! adding the 'partman/alignment=cylinder' boot parameter worked!
although, i am still puzzled why this parameter was not needed in order
for server #1 to work properly...
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