[Bug 565047] Re: Unable to install off USB 3.0 port (HP Envy 15 Laptop)

[Trevor Van Brunt]

Good day to you good and kind people.

I have also had this problem, and it is USB 3.0, but the fix has not worked for my system.
See my thread on Linux Mint Forums.
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=83476

Have just read #21 above.  Maverick's Grub2 doesn't boot to USB3.0.
OH.

Now what?  Mint10 surely uses the same Grub as Maverick, and Mint 11 is
based on Natty - it had the same problem when I tried it.

I have just UNetbootin-ed an image of Mint Debian, the most recent
image.  I am told this contains your fix, but so did the Maverick-
proposed version of initramfs-tools I slipped into Mint Gnome 10 -
without any luck.

Anyone searching for a fix to these problems would surely like to know if there is a version of Grub that works on USB 3.0.
Or a way to make it work.  Any ideas?

Thank you very much for your hard work.

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Title:
  Unable to install off USB 3.0 port (HP Envy 15 Laptop)

Status in “casper” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “initramfs-tools” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “casper” source package in Maverick:
  Invalid
Status in “initramfs-tools” source package in Maverick:
  Fix Released
Status in “casper” source package in Natty:
  Invalid
Status in “initramfs-tools” source package in Natty:
  Fix Released
Status in “initramfs-tools” package in Debian:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: debian-installer

  SRU information (by broder):

  IMPACT: initramfs-tools-generated initramfs's do not contain the xhci-
  hcd kernel module, which means that they can not find a root
  filesystem hanging off of a USB 3.0 port, regardless of whether or not
  the device is USB 3.0 or not.

  DEVELOPMENT: Not yet addressed, but will be fixed in initramfs-tools
  0.99 (see Debian bug #625224)

  PATCH: lp:~broder/ubuntu/maverick/initramfs-tools/fix-565047 and
  lp:~broder/ubuntu/natty/initramfs-tools/fix-565047

  INSTRUCTIONS: Install Ubuntu onto an external USB hard drive connected
  to a USB 2.0 port, then connect the hard drive to a USB 3.0 port and
  attempt to boot. Observe that you get dropped to an "(initramfs)"
  shell (or don't, if you have the fix)

  RISK: Minimal. The change just changes the name of the module that
  mkinitramfs looks for

  ========
  Original bug description:

  I'm trying to install ubuntu on a new HP Envy 15 laptop, which has no
  internal CD drive, but does have a USB CD drive

  Any CD (9.04, 10.04alpha2, 10.04beta2) I have tried results in
  "(initramfs) unable to find a medium containing a live file system".
  Have also tried putting the 10.04beta2 image on a USB key, with the
  same results.  Am guessing that its for some reason unable to find
  devices plugged into USB, possibly related to USB 3.0 things?

  Also tried netboot install of
  http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid/main/installer-
  amd64/current/images/netboot/netboot.tar.gz , but it seems to be
  unable to bring up the network after booting into the curses based
  installer frontend.  Am guessing need an updated driver for the
  network card somehow?

  typing out some USB/netowrk related lspci lines from the netboot
  cmdline from another machine, let me know if more specific information
  would be useful -- somewhat hard to get detailed info due to various
  issues so far, though...:

  00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 05)
  02:00.0 USB Controller: NEC Corporation Device 0194 (rev 03)
  03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation WiFi Link 6000 series (rev 35)
  04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Commmunications AR8131 Gigabit Ethernet (rev c0)

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