[Bug 64454] Crashes at boot on a Dell PowerEdge 2950

[Mike Basinger]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: linux-image-2.6.15-27-server

With linux-image-2.6.15-27-server [2.6.15-27.48] my Ubuntu server
install crashes hard at boot.

I have a Dell PowerEdge 2950 with 4-146 SAS drives using RAID-5.
/ = /dev/sda1
swap = /dev/sda2
/home = /dev/sda3


[missed some error messages, scrolled too fast] 
[42949376.320000] sde: asking for cache data failed 
[42949376.320000] sde: assuming drive cache: write through [42949376.620000] Buffer I/O error on device sda, logibal block 164296704 [42949376.620000] Buffer I/O error on device sda, logibal block 164296705 [42949376.620000] Buffer I/O error on device sda, logibal block 164296704 [42949376.620000] Buffer I/O error on device sda, logibal block 164296705 [42949376.620000] Buffer I/O error on device sda, logibal block 164296754 [42949376.620000] Buffer I/O error on device sda, logibal block 164296754 [42949376.620000] Buffer I/O error on device sda, logibal block 164296754 [42949376.620000] Buffer I/O error on device sda, logibal block 164296754 [42949376.620000] Buffer I/O error on device sda, logibal block 164296754 [42949376.620000] Buffer I/O error on device sda, logibal block 164296754 [42949379.550000] EXT3=fs: journal inode is deleted. 
mount: Mounting /dev/sda1 on /root failed: Invalid arguement 
mount: Mounting /root/dev on /dev/.static/dev/ failed: No such file or directory
mount: Mounting /sys on /root/sys failed: No such file or directory 
mount: Mounting /proc on /root/proc failed: No such file or directory

This server will boot fine to linux-image-2.6.15-23-server

** Affects: linux-source-2.6.15 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Unconfirmed

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Crashes at boot on a Dell PowerEdge 2950
https://launchpad.net/bugs/64454