[Bug 1014663] Re: Dell R310 server with LSI SAS 1068E B3 requires rootdelay to boot
Marcus Tomlinson
marcus.tomlinson at canonical.com
Thu Mar 5 12:59:34 UTC 2020
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** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Incomplete
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Title:
Dell R310 server with LSI SAS 1068E B3 requires rootdelay to boot
Status in grub2 package in Ubuntu:
Incomplete
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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