[Bug 1014663] [NEW] Dell R310 server with LSI SAS 1068E B3 requires rootdelay to boot

[Robert Kulagowski]

Public bug reported:

After installation, and rebooting without the install media, by default
the administrator gets dumped to busybox.

Typing "exit" allows the boot to continue successfully.

Adding "rootdelay=60" to the grub configuration allows the system to
boot automatically.

BUG: Ubuntu Server Edition 12.04 Installer does not recognize that this
particular controller requires additional time to initialize the disks
and doesn't prepare a correct grub.cfg file.

Proposed solution: add "rootdelay=60" as a default. If the server _does_
need the delay, then having the parameter as a default means that the
administrator doesn't have to start searching google during an
installation at 3AM. :)

Since servers are typically booted and left running, (as opposed to a
desktop system, where booting needs to be as fast as possible), a 60
second delay on a machine that may have an uptime of 600 days seems like
a small price to pay.

Also, the Server Admin Guide could probably include a short section regarding this issue.
https://help.ubuntu.com/12.04/serverguide/serverguide.pdf

$ lsb_release -rd
Description:    Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Release:        12.04

$ apt-cache policy grub2-common
grub2-common:
  Installed: 1.99-21ubuntu3.1
  Candidate: 1.99-21ubuntu3.1
  Version table:
 *** 1.99-21ubuntu3.1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1.99-21ubuntu3 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: grub2-common 1.99-21ubuntu3.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Jun 18 15:36:16 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120424.1)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: grub2
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: grub2 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug precise

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Title:
  Dell R310 server with LSI SAS 1068E B3 requires rootdelay to boot

Status in “grub2” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  After installation, and rebooting without the install media, by
  default the administrator gets dumped to busybox.

  Typing "exit" allows the boot to continue successfully.

  Adding "rootdelay=60" to the grub configuration allows the system to
  boot automatically.

  BUG: Ubuntu Server Edition 12.04 Installer does not recognize that
  this particular controller requires additional time to initialize the
  disks and doesn't prepare a correct grub.cfg file.

  Proposed solution: add "rootdelay=60" as a default. If the server
  _does_ need the delay, then having the parameter as a default means
  that the administrator doesn't have to start searching google during
  an installation at 3AM. :)

  Since servers are typically booted and left running, (as opposed to a
  desktop system, where booting needs to be as fast as possible), a 60
  second delay on a machine that may have an uptime of 600 days seems
  like a small price to pay.

  Also, the Server Admin Guide could probably include a short section regarding this issue.
  https://help.ubuntu.com/12.04/serverguide/serverguide.pdf

  $ lsb_release -rd
  Description:    Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
  Release:        12.04

  $ apt-cache policy grub2-common
  grub2-common:
    Installed: 1.99-21ubuntu3.1
    Candidate: 1.99-21ubuntu3.1
    Version table:
   *** 1.99-21ubuntu3.1 0
          500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
       1.99-21ubuntu3 0
          500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: grub2-common 1.99-21ubuntu3.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu8
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Mon Jun 18 15:36:16 2012
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120424.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: grub2
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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