[Bug 783313] Re: OCZ Vertex 3 Max IOPS drive makes system unstable
DAP, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better. As the original issue was due to a firmware bug, this report is considered closed. If you need a fix for the installer, your welcome to execute the following via the Terminal: ubuntu-bug ubuntu Thanks! ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed = Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/783313 Title: OCZ Vertex 3 Max IOPS drive makes system unstable To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/783313/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 783313] Re: OCZ Vertex 3 Max IOPS drive makes system unstable
I was able to turn the boot flag on with this command: sudo parted /dev/sde set 1 boot on but it did not do any good. I still can't boot from the OCZ drive. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/783313 Title: OCZ Vertex 3 Max IOPS drive makes system unstable -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 783313] Re: OCZ Vertex 3 Max IOPS drive makes system unstable
broken drive firmware caused initial problem. Broken installer puting grub on a random drive remains as a bug that needs to be fixed. If the installer notices that there is more than one grub installed, or if the grub it finds is not on the disk it has been told to install on, IT SHOULD ASK THE USER WHERE HE WANTS GRUB INSTALLED! not randomly choose a drive to install grub on. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/783313 Title: OCZ Vertex 3 Max IOPS drive makes system unstable -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 783313] Re: OCZ Vertex 3 Max IOPS drive makes system unstable
I think I have this figured out. The first issue was that the drive originally had version 2.02 of the firmware. This firmware is seriously broken and prevents this drive from working, and prevents other drives plugged into the same controller from working. My original install attempt was with just the OCZ drive installed on the computer. By the time I had updated the firmware on the drive, I was leaving the other drives attached when I tried to install on the OCZ drive. This lead to the second problem. The installer picks a random drive to install grub on. In this case it kept installing grub on the 250 GB drive I have in the system to do test installs on. Even though I told the installer to do a complete clean install on the OCZ drive. Even though I told the BIOS that the OCZ drive was the boot drive. The installer never asked which of the two drives that had grub installed on them to use, it just arbitrarily picked the wrong one and went with it. I did not realize that because I kept switching between the OCZ drive and the 1.5 GB main drive. Anyway I finally did a clean install with the OCZ drive being the only drive in the system at the time. And now that the drive has version 2.06 of the firmware it boots. So this bug is now a bug in the installer, and it should be reported that the installer picks a random drive to install grub on. Now that I know this I can work around it. What a waste of a week. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/783313 Title: OCZ Vertex 3 Max IOPS drive makes system unstable -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 783313] Re: OCZ Vertex 3 Max IOPS drive makes system unstable
I have now attempted to re-install Ubuntu on the drive while it was attached to the SATA III controller. Still hangs on boot. I left boot on CD-ROM enabled this time in the BIOS, and the screen was not quite blank this time, it still had the CD-ROM boot message on it when it hung. I think this means it is not even getting to Grub. Can someone confirm this? Any suggestions for a work around? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/783313 Title: OCZ Vertex 3 Max IOPS drive makes system unstable -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 783313] Re: OCZ Vertex 3 Max IOPS drive makes system unstable
I ran the following command with the following data: $ sudo fdisk -l Disk /dev/sda: 250.1 GB, 250059350016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x000c1646 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 1 29620 237915136 83 Linux /dev/sda2 29620 30402 62812175 Extended /dev/sda5 29620 30402 6281216 82 Linux swap / Solaris Disk /dev/sdb: 1500.3 GB, 1500301910016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 182401 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x00031686 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 * 1 180173 1447239591 83 Linux /dev/sdb2 180174 182401178964105 Extended /dev/sdb5 180174 18240117896378+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris Disk /dev/sdc: 2000.4 GB, 2000398934016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 243201 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x00088310 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdc1 1 243201 1953512001 fd Linux raid autodetect Disk /dev/sdd: 2000.4 GB, 2000398934016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 243201 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x000e4d10 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdd1 1 243201 1953512001 fd Linux raid autodetect Disk /dev/sde: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14593 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x00086c2a Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sde1 1 13812 110937088 83 Linux /dev/sde2 13812 14594 62812175 Extended /dev/sde5 13812 14594 6281216 82 Linux swap / Solaris Disk /dev/md127: 2000.4 GB, 2000395101184 bytes 2 heads, 4 sectors/track, 488377710 cylinders Units = cylinders of 8 * 512 = 4096 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x Disk /dev/md127 doesn't contain a valid partition table Three of the 5 disks shown should be bootable, but only two have the asterisk under Boot. /dev/sde is the OCZ drive I just attempted to install 11.04 on. I assume it is supposed to have an asterisk as well. I installed 11.04 to /dev/sda exactly the same way as /dev/sde. The install on /dev/sda works perfectly. I do not know why they are different. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/783313 Title: OCZ Vertex 3 Max IOPS drive makes system unstable -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 783313] Re: OCZ Vertex 3 Max IOPS drive makes system unstable
I was able for the first time to boot with this drive attached to the chipset controller, and still see the drive after booting. I'm not sure if this is stable yet as I've only tried it once. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/783313 Title: OCZ Vertex 3 Max IOPS drive makes system unstable -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 783313] Re: OCZ Vertex 3 Max IOPS drive makes system unstable
Ran some additional experiments today: I bought an e-sata enclosure and connected the OCZ drive to the e-sata port (yet another sata IC so therefore yet another driver to try). I got the same results as with the sas port: blank screen with flashing cursor in the upper left corner of the screen when trying to boot from the OCZ drive, but can still boot from other drives. I bought an SIIG DP SATA 6GB/s 2S1P PCIe SATA III adapter card. (it is PCIe x1 so it can't achieve more than 4 Gb/sec, but it is yet another controller, and yet another driver) This uses a Marvell 88SE91xx according to the bios. Got the same results as the other two Marvell controllers: flashing cursor in the upper left corner when attempting to boot from the OCZ drive, Can boot from other drives. (An interesting side note: The read bench mark gets 411.7 MB/sec with this controller, 193 MB/sec with the other Marvell controllers). I will take the drive to work tomorrow to update its firmware (Requires windows, and I don't use windows at home). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/783313 Title: OCZ Vertex 3 Max IOPS drive makes system unstable -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 783313] Re: OCZ Vertex 3 Max IOPS drive makes system unstable
Successfully upgraded the firmware to 2.06. Still can not boot from the drive. I need to try and move the drive back to the chipset controller and see if at least the firmware update allows me to boot with this drive attached to the same controller as the boot drive. I should also try re-installing Linux yet again in case the old firmware somehow corrupted the boot code. (that will have to wait until I have more time) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/783313 Title: OCZ Vertex 3 Max IOPS drive makes system unstable -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 783313] Re: OCZ Vertex 3 Max IOPS drive makes system unstable
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/783313 Title: OCZ Vertex 3 Max IOPS drive makes system unstable -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 783313] Re: OCZ Vertex 3 Max IOPS drive makes system unstable
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