[Bug 37452] Re: fusion mpt sas driver does not find a RAID1 disk during installation(Sun Galaxy X4200 and X4100)

[Tore Anderson]

I've been hacking my way around this problem much the same way jessy did
ever since Dapper was released.  It's not like lack of support for newer
hardware isn't a common problem with most Linux distributions, so I've
accepted that I had to do so.  However, today I was made aware of the
page at http://www.ubuntu.com/sun/.  Select quotes:

«The combination of Ubuntu and Sun Microsystems hardware offers a knock-out combination.»
«The following servers and workstations are certified to run Ubuntu Linux [...list including X4100/X4200...]»
«[...] the Ubuntu release will make it easy for customers to install Linux on its UltraSPARC T1 and x64-based systems [...]»

I was very happy, believing this meant I didn't have go through that
pain-in-the-arse process it has been install these boxes anymore (which
I do quite often, being a Sun reseller).  So I downloaded the latest
amd64 netboot.tar.gz from dapper-updates, which was surprisingly enough
just as unable to install my X4100 as earlier versions.

You might want to tune down the hyperbole a bit until it actually works
as stated.

Tore

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fusion mpt sas driver does not find a RAID1 disk during installation(Sun Galaxy X4200 and X4100)
https://launchpad.net/bugs/37452