Update on 13.10 64-bit server + Dell PowerEdge R610

[Patrick Goetz]

Recap: having problems when 2 disks are installed in a Dell PowerEdge 
R610 which features a Dell SAS 6 HBA (in actuality an LSI  SAS1068E-IR HBA).

If I take one disk out, I can install and run 13.10 server with no 
problems.  As soon as I put the second disk back in the machine, it 
refuses to boot; i.e. I don't get a console and the machine isn't 
pingable. Even more odd, after I've tried putting the second disk in, 
and then take it back out, grub 2 won't boot through anymore -- it just 
hangs at the OS selection prompt.  If I hit <Enter> to make it boot (and 
don't bother re-inserting the second disk), the system resumes booting 
through automatically.

In the absence of any suggestions, I'm going to check with Dell about a 
HBA BIOS update.