Bundling UEC image with uec-images-provided kernel/ramdisk results in an EMI that fails to boot
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| linux (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Tim Gardner | ||
| Karmic |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Tim Gardner | ||
| vm-builder (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
|
High
|
Scott Moser | ||
| Karmic |
Invalid
|
High
|
Scott Moser | ||
Bug Description
Using UEC 20090929 beta candidate on UEC cloud.
Bundling the amd64 image with local kernel and ramdisk works.
Bundling it with uec-images-
i386 testing:
Bundling the i386 image with local kernel and ramdisk; PASS
Bundling it with uec-images-
- boot
+ Bundling UEC image with uec-images-provided kernel/ramdisk results in an
+ EMI that fails to boot
I'm sure that we can get this fixed. Theres just some thing different in the initramdisk created in the chroot with the -virtual flavour of the kernel and on with the -server flavour on real hardware. It seems more likely to be the -server/-vritual difference to me.
We'll get this fixed soon, but not for beta.
It appears that the issue here is that -virtual does not include sym53c8xx.ko
('kernel/
This is the hardware that kvm presents as scsi if booted with such as:
kvm -drive file=file,
Needs sym53c8xx.ko in debian.
Marking vm-builder task invalid, as per comments the only fix needed was in the kernel
This bug was fixed in the package linux - 2.6.31-11.38
---------------
linux (2.6.31-11.38) karmic; urgency=low
[ Stefan Bader ]
* [Upstream] acerhdf: Limit modalias matching to supported boards
- LP: #435958
[ Tim Gardner ]
* [Config] Added sata_via to d-i/modules/
- LP: #434827
* SAUCE: (drop after 2.6.31) Disable iwl-1000 series wireless adapters
- LP: #439285
* [Upstream] i915: Fix i2c init message
- LP: #409361
* [Config] Add sym53c8xx.ko to virtual sub-flavour
- LP: #439415
[ Upstream Kernel Changes ]
* sched: Disable NEW_FAIR_SLEEPERS for now
- LP: #436342
* ACPI video: ignore buggy _BQC
* ACPI video: work-around BIOS AML bug in _BQC
- LP: #428910
* ALSA: hda - Added quirk to enable sound on Toshiba NB200
- LP: #438318
-- Tim Gardner <email address hidden> 2009年10月01日 13:52:09 -0600
This bug is awaiting verification that the kernel in -proposed solves the problem. Please test the kernel and update this bug with the results. If the problem is solved, change the tag 'verification-
If verification is not done by 5 working days from today, this fix will be dropped from the source code, and this bug will be closed.
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