[Bug 842560] Re: Ubuntu 11.10 Beta1 fails to install on Dell PowerEdge 2950

[John Miller]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 818177 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/818177

I just installed 11.10 today using do-release-upgrade, and I'm still
encountering this issue. I'm not sure whether it should be reported in
this bug or in 818177 (first time launchpad visitor here), but that bug
is marked as fixed now.

Booting normally, I get a few messages flashing by ("udev: timeout: kiling /sbin/modprobe", etc), then there are messages from services indicating the filesystem is read-only, and then the system freezes.
Booting in single-user mode, the same messages go by, but I'm able to get a command prompt, re-mount the root as RW, etc. Strangely enough, eth0 (which is a broadcom card) shows up and is working correctly in SUM.

Attached the dmesg output. Hardware is a Dell PowerEdge 2950.

Any help would be appreciated, let me know if I can provide any further
information, thanks!

** Attachment added: "dmesg output"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+bug/842560/+attachment/2540296/+files/dmesg.txt

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Title:
  Ubuntu 11.10 Beta1 fails to install on Dell PowerEdge 2950

Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Installing the latest Beta 1 of Ubuntu 11.10 (downloaded iso on
  09-06-2011) fails after the first reboot with this error:

  bnx2: Can't load firmware file "bnx2/bnx2-mips-06-6.2.1.fw"
  udevd[107]: '/sbin/modprobe -bv pci:v000014E4d0000164Csv00001028sd000001B2bc02sc00i00' [172] terminated by signal 9 (Killed)

  Earlier stable versions of Ubuntu Server (11.04) work fine on this
  machine.

  For further investigations i collected some additional information for
  you. (Attachments)

  Are there any other needed information i can supply?

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