[Bug 1078407] Re: pdc fakeraid not recognized

[Guido van Loon]

Ok, here you go...

sudo dd if=/dev/sda count=1 skip=234374049 | xxd
[sudo] password for guidol: 
1+0 records in
1+0 records out
512 bytes (512 B) copied0000000: 5072 6f6d 6973 6520 5465 6368 6e6f 6c6f  Promise Technolo
, 0.0164472 s, 31.1 kB/s
0000010: 6779 2c20 496e 632e 0000 0200 0411 2d00  gy, Inc.......-.
0000020: 0000 0000 0411 7c0d 0000 d6d5 d4d3 d2d1  ......|.........
0000030: d0cf cecd cccb cac9 c8c7 c6c5 c4c3 c2c1  ................
0000040: c0bf bebd bcbb bab9 b8b7 b6b5 b4b3 b2b1  ................
0000050: b0af aead acab aaa9 a8a7 a6a5 a4a3 a2a1  ................
0000060: a09f 9e9d 9c9b 9a99 9897 9695 9493 9291  ................
0000070: 908f 8e8d 8c8b 8a89 8887 8685 8483 8281  ................
0000080: 807f 7e7d 7c7b 7a79 7877 7675 7473 7271  ..~}|{zyxwvutsrq
0000090: 706f 6e6d 6c6b 6a69 6867 6665 6463 6261  ponmlkjihgfedcba
00000a0: 605f 5e5d 5c5b 5a59 5857 5655 5453 5251  `_^]\[ZYXWVUTSRQ
00000b0: 504f 4e4d 4c4b 4a49 4847 4645 4443 4241  PONMLKJIHGFEDCBA
00000c0: 403f 3e3d 3c3b 3a39 3837 3635 3433 3231  @?>=<;:987654321
00000d0: 302f 2e2d 2c2b 2a29 2827 2625 2423 2221  0/.-,+*)('&%$#"!
00000e0: 201f 1e1d 1c1b 1a19 1817 1615 1413 1211   ...............
00000f0: 100f 0e0d 0c0b 0a09 0807 0605 0403 0201  ................
0000100: 00ff fefd fcfb faf9 f8f7 f6f5 f4f3 f2f1  ................
0000110: f0ef eeed eceb eae9 e8e7 e6e5 e4e3 e2e1  ................
0000120: e0df dedd dcdb dad9 d8d7 d6d5 d4d3 d2d1  ................
0000130: d0cf cecd cccb cac9 c8c7 c6c5 c4c3 c2c1  ................
0000140: c0bf bebd bcbb bab9 b8b7 b6b5 b4b3 b2b1  ................
0000150: b0af aead acab aaa9 a8a7 a6a5 a4a3 a2a1  ................
0000160: a09f 9e9d 9c9b 9a99 9897 9695 9493 9291  ................
0000170: 908f 8e8d 8c8b 8a89 8887 8685 8483 8281  ................
0000180: 807f 7e7d 7c7b 7a79 7877 7675 7473 7271  ..~}|{zyxwvutsrq
0000190: 706f 6e6d 6c6b 6a69 6867 6665 6463 6261  ponmlkjihgfedcba
00001a0: 605f 5e5d 5c5b 5a59 5857 5655 5453 5251  `_^]\[ZYXWVUTSRQ
00001b0: 504f 4e4d 4c4b 4a49 4847 4645 4443 4241  PONMLKJIHGFEDCBA
00001c0: 403f 3e3d 3c3b 3a39 3837 3635 3433 3231  @?>=<;:987654321
00001d0: 302f 2e2d 2c2b 2a29 2827 2625 2423 2221  0/.-,+*)('&%$#"!
00001e0: 201f 1e1d 1c1b 1a19 1817 1615 1413 1211   ...............
00001f0: 100f 0e0d 0c0b 0a09 0807 0605 0403 0201  ................

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Title:
  pdc fakeraid not recognized

Status in “util-linux” package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  I have a fresh install of Ubuntu Desktop on my old Dell Dimension
  8300. This box has a Promise Fasttrak raid controller a.k.a. softraid
  or fakeraid.  It is setup with two identical drives in raid0, stiped.

  I had a hard time getting the installer to run without errors. Did all kind of manual steps to make the installer complete.
  I installed from a pendrive, booted the liveCD. Used dmraid -ay and gparted to partition the drive. Did nothing special with the partitions one swap and one root partition. The installer ends up grubbing my pendrive instead of my harddisk so I followed a manual to purge an reinstall grub2 on the correct disk here (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1581099)

  Now when I boot, the computer shows a graphical off-black screen
  (ubuntu boot color???) and nothing happens. When I then reboot with
  Ctrl+Alt+Delete a second time. I get GNU GRUB menu and I choose
  "Ubuntu, with Linux 3.2.0-29-generic-pae". After a while I got thrown
  in busybox because of the root device was not found: ALERT! /dev/disk
  /by-uuid/8693f1c2-3eb1-41a4-ba10-3fbe860144a1 does not exist.

  When I type "dmraid -ay" [Enter]
  I see three messages like RAID set "pdc_ccgcdegci" was activated. 
  Press Crtl+D the computer will continue to boot normally.

  The next time I boot I need to reboot to get pass the off-black screen
  and into the GNU Grub menu again.

  I found bug report 941874, but I checked and the fixes described there seem to be in place on my machine...
  I tried the steps described in "http://www.humans-enabled.com/2012/03/how-to-fix-ubuntu-1204beta-boot-problem.html" to no avail.

  I'm new to the whole Ubuntu/linux thing and I just want my computer to
  boot without manual intervention. Please help.

  Thanx!

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