Public bug reported: Ubuntu fails to boot on a very new ECS MCP78M-M2 motherboard with the nVidia MCP78 (nForce 730a?) chipset due to SATA timeout.
We have tested 7.04 (feisty), 7.10 (gutsy) and now 8.04 (hardy) with linux-image-2.6.24-16-generic, and none is able to boot from the LiveCD. At an earlier test, we installed Ubuntu 8.04 on another machine, then attached the hard drive to ECS MCP78M-M2. Still, unable to boot. I then experimented with Debian's latest 2.6.25-1-686 kernel, and... it worked! :-) * 2.6.24-16-generic: No * 2.6.25-1-686 (Debian): Yes! * 2.6.24-18-generic (: Yes! * 2.6.24-17-generic: No * 2.6.25-1-generic: Yes! (From https://edge.launchpad.net/~kernel-ppa/+archive) Unfortunately, that's not the entire story. Apparently, a custom Ubuntu 8.04 LiveCD with /casper/vmlinuz and /casper/initrd.gz replaced with 2.6.25-1-generic does not boot from SATA DVD-ROM drive. A dmesg output is attached. (Note: the /bin/dmesg in initrd.gz from the klibc-utils package is buggy. I copied the normal /bin/dmesg from util-linux to a USB stick in order to get the correct output. See Bug#235282 for more information.) And here is the PCI ID information: 00:00.0 0500: 10de:0754 = RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0754 (rev a2) 00:01.0 0601: 10de:075c = ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 075c (rev a2) 00:01.1 0c05: 10de:0752 = SMBus: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0752 (rev a1) 00:01.2 0500: 10de:0751 = RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0751 (rev a1) 00:01.3 0b40: 10de:0753 = Co-processor: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0753 (rev a2) 00:01.4 0500: 10de:0568 = RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0568 (rev a1) 00:02.0 0c03: 10de:077b = USB Controller: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 077b (rev a1) 00:02.1 0c03: 10de:077c = USB Controller: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 077c (rev a1) 00:04.0 0c03: 10de:077d = USB Controller: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 077d (rev a1) 00:04.1 0c03: 10de:077e = USB Controller: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 077e (rev a1) 00:06.0 0101: 10de:0759 = IDE interface: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0759 (rev a1) 00:07.0 0403: 10de:0774 = Audio device: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0774 (rev a1) 00:08.0 0604: 10de:075a = PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 075a (rev a1) 00:09.0 0101: 10de:0ad0 = IDE interface: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0ad0 (rev a2) 00:0b.0 0604: 10de:0569 = PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0569 (rev a1) 00:10.0 0604: 10de:0778 = PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0778 (rev a1) 00:12.0 0604: 10de:075b = PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 075b (rev a1) 00:13.0 0604: 10de:077a = PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 077a (rev a1) 02:00.0 0300: 10de:0849 = VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 8200 (rev a2) Many thanks, Anthony Fok ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Ubuntu 8.04 fails to boot on ECS MCP78M-M2 motherboard https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/235292 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
