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March 8th, 2016, 11:36 PM
I used to have a Kubuntu installation that I upgraded to 15.10. After the upgrade I can no longer see any SATA disks in any Linux version I have tried. They show up just fine in BIOS. The SATA controller is set to AHCI (not IDE/RAID) in BIOS.
The regular installation cannot boot and gives an error message related to the root device and then an initramfs/busybox prompt. Error message is similar to the screen capture in http://askubuntu.com/questions/15515/disk-by-uuid-not-detected-initramfs-boot-failure. None of my hard drives are listed in /dev/disk/ from the initramfs prompt.
Tried reinstalling the system using an USB stick. Tried with both 15.10 and 14.04. Both versions fail because the installer cannot find enough free space anywhere.
Booting into a live instance of either 15.04 or 14.04 gives the following session. I have two USB drives connected, one is the 14.04 live USB and the other is a BIOS update that I tried to install. Don't have Windows so that didn't work.
$ cat /etc/issue
Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS \n \l
$ ll /dev/disk/by-id
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 160 Mar 8 21:40 ./
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 120 Mar 8 21:37 ../
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Mar 8 22:03 usb-Generic-_SD_MMC_20090815198100000-0:0 -> ../../sdd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Mar 8 21:40 usb-Generic-_SD_MMC_20090815198100000-0:0-part1 -> ../../sdd1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Mar 8 21:38 usb-Generic_Ultra_HS-SD_MMC_T11000014682-0:0 -> ../../sdc
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Mar 8 21:38 usb-Generic_Ultra_HS-SD_MMC_T12000087797-0:0 -> ../../sdb
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Mar 8 22:03 usb-Prolific_Technology_Inc._USB_Mass_Storage_Device -> ../../sda
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Mar 8 21:38 usb-Prolific_Technology_Inc._USB_Mass_Storage_Device-part1 -> ../../sda1
$ sudo lshw -C disk
*-disk
description: SCSI Disk
product: Flash Voyager
vendor: Corsair
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@8:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sda
version: 1.00
serial: 7
size: 992MiB (1040MB)
capabilities: removable
configuration: sectorsize=512
*-medium
physical id: 0
logical name: /dev/sda
size: 992MiB (1040MB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: signature=000d684e
*-disk
description: SCSI Disk
product: Ultra HS-SD/MMC
vendor: Generic
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@9:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sdb
version: 1.90
capabilities: removable
configuration: sectorsize=512
*-medium
physical id: 0
logical name: /dev/sdb
*-disk
description: SCSI Disk
product: Ultra HS-SD/MMC
vendor: Generic
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@10:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sdc
version: 1.90
capabilities: removable
configuration: sectorsize=512
*-medium
physical id: 0
logical name: /dev/sdc
*-disk
description: SCSI Disk
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@11:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sdd
size: 7577MiB (7945MB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: sectorsize=512 signature=925e478a
$ dmesg | grep SATA
[ 4.242864] ahci 0000:00:11.0: AHCI 0001.0300 32 slots 4 ports 6 Gbps 0xe2 impl SATA mode
[ 4.245177] ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m2048@0xfe30d000 port 0xfe30d180 irq 40
[ 4.245183] ata6: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m2048@0xfe30d000 port 0xfe30d380 irq 44
[ 4.245185] ata7: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m2048@0xfe30d000 port 0xfe30d400 irq 45
[ 4.245187] ata8: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m2048@0xfe30d000 port 0xfe30d480 irq 46
[ 4.567634] ata6: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
[ 4.739579] ata2: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
[ 4.739604] ata7: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
[ 4.743565] ata8: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
[ 10.230307] ata7: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
[ 10.230328] ata2: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
[ 10.234307] ata8: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
[ 20.228027] ata2: limiting SATA link speed to 1.5 Gbps
[ 20.228048] ata7: limiting SATA link speed to 1.5 Gbps
[ 20.232023] ata8: limiting SATA link speed to 1.5 Gbps
[ 20.719907] ata2: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310)
[ 20.719933] ata7: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310)
[ 20.723906] ata8: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310)
[ 51.204935] ata7: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310)
[ 51.204955] ata2: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310)
[ 51.208932] ata8: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310)
$ sudo fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 1040 MB, 1040187392 bytes
32 heads, 62 sectors/track, 1024 cylinders, total 2031616 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000d684e
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 62 2031615 1015777 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
Disk /dev/sdd: 7945 MB, 7945060352 bytes
238 heads, 40 sectors/track, 1630 cylinders, total 15517696 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x925e478a
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdd1 * 2048 15517695 7757824 b W95 FAT32
What can I do to get my disks and a proper installation back? Living from a live USB with 29MB free space is not optimal.
The regular installation cannot boot and gives an error message related to the root device and then an initramfs/busybox prompt. Error message is similar to the screen capture in http://askubuntu.com/questions/15515/disk-by-uuid-not-detected-initramfs-boot-failure. None of my hard drives are listed in /dev/disk/ from the initramfs prompt.
Tried reinstalling the system using an USB stick. Tried with both 15.10 and 14.04. Both versions fail because the installer cannot find enough free space anywhere.
Booting into a live instance of either 15.04 or 14.04 gives the following session. I have two USB drives connected, one is the 14.04 live USB and the other is a BIOS update that I tried to install. Don't have Windows so that didn't work.
$ cat /etc/issue
Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS \n \l
$ ll /dev/disk/by-id
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 160 Mar 8 21:40 ./
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 120 Mar 8 21:37 ../
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Mar 8 22:03 usb-Generic-_SD_MMC_20090815198100000-0:0 -> ../../sdd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Mar 8 21:40 usb-Generic-_SD_MMC_20090815198100000-0:0-part1 -> ../../sdd1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Mar 8 21:38 usb-Generic_Ultra_HS-SD_MMC_T11000014682-0:0 -> ../../sdc
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Mar 8 21:38 usb-Generic_Ultra_HS-SD_MMC_T12000087797-0:0 -> ../../sdb
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Mar 8 22:03 usb-Prolific_Technology_Inc._USB_Mass_Storage_Device -> ../../sda
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Mar 8 21:38 usb-Prolific_Technology_Inc._USB_Mass_Storage_Device-part1 -> ../../sda1
$ sudo lshw -C disk
*-disk
description: SCSI Disk
product: Flash Voyager
vendor: Corsair
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@8:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sda
version: 1.00
serial: 7
size: 992MiB (1040MB)
capabilities: removable
configuration: sectorsize=512
*-medium
physical id: 0
logical name: /dev/sda
size: 992MiB (1040MB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: signature=000d684e
*-disk
description: SCSI Disk
product: Ultra HS-SD/MMC
vendor: Generic
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@9:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sdb
version: 1.90
capabilities: removable
configuration: sectorsize=512
*-medium
physical id: 0
logical name: /dev/sdb
*-disk
description: SCSI Disk
product: Ultra HS-SD/MMC
vendor: Generic
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@10:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sdc
version: 1.90
capabilities: removable
configuration: sectorsize=512
*-medium
physical id: 0
logical name: /dev/sdc
*-disk
description: SCSI Disk
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@11:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sdd
size: 7577MiB (7945MB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: sectorsize=512 signature=925e478a
$ dmesg | grep SATA
[ 4.242864] ahci 0000:00:11.0: AHCI 0001.0300 32 slots 4 ports 6 Gbps 0xe2 impl SATA mode
[ 4.245177] ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m2048@0xfe30d000 port 0xfe30d180 irq 40
[ 4.245183] ata6: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m2048@0xfe30d000 port 0xfe30d380 irq 44
[ 4.245185] ata7: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m2048@0xfe30d000 port 0xfe30d400 irq 45
[ 4.245187] ata8: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m2048@0xfe30d000 port 0xfe30d480 irq 46
[ 4.567634] ata6: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
[ 4.739579] ata2: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
[ 4.739604] ata7: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
[ 4.743565] ata8: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
[ 10.230307] ata7: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
[ 10.230328] ata2: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
[ 10.234307] ata8: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
[ 20.228027] ata2: limiting SATA link speed to 1.5 Gbps
[ 20.228048] ata7: limiting SATA link speed to 1.5 Gbps
[ 20.232023] ata8: limiting SATA link speed to 1.5 Gbps
[ 20.719907] ata2: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310)
[ 20.719933] ata7: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310)
[ 20.723906] ata8: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310)
[ 51.204935] ata7: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310)
[ 51.204955] ata2: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310)
[ 51.208932] ata8: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310)
$ sudo fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 1040 MB, 1040187392 bytes
32 heads, 62 sectors/track, 1024 cylinders, total 2031616 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000d684e
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 62 2031615 1015777 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
Disk /dev/sdd: 7945 MB, 7945060352 bytes
238 heads, 40 sectors/track, 1630 cylinders, total 15517696 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x925e478a
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdd1 * 2048 15517695 7757824 b W95 FAT32
What can I do to get my disks and a proper installation back? Living from a live USB with 29MB free space is not optimal.