Yesterday’s work on my new Ubuntu Server did not go so well. After going to Best Buy to pick up a new (320GB) Hard Drive, I began my attempt to install Ubuntu 7.04 Server Edition. After going through the install process, reboot the system, and I am presented with a nice set of error messages:
ACPI: Invalid PBLK length [5] 8139too 0000:02:0d.0: Chip not responding, ignoring board kinit: name_to_dev_t(/dev/sda5) = sda(8,5) kinit: trying to resume from /dev/sda5 kinit: No resume image, doing normal boot * setting preliminary keymap [OK] * starting basic networking [OK] * starting kernal event manager [OK] * loading hardware drivers... intel_rng: FWH not detected iTwo_wdt: failed to reset NO_REBOOT flag, reboot disabled by hardware
Right… Coming from a Windows world, these errors mean nothing to me… Research time…
ACPI is the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface. It seems there is a problem with ASUS motherboards returning a PBLK (?) length of 5 when the expected length is 6. Doesn’t look like this is a serious issue, others have ignored the error and booted fine.
8139too seems to have something to do with a RealTek Network Card (not sure if I have a RealTek or not, but I probably do if I’m getting this error) – need to investigate more when I get home.
name_to_dev_t(/dev/sda5) = sda(8,5) might have something to do with my partitions being mis-numbered in terms of where they are located on the HDD, found some information on the Ubuntu Forms that might help.
intel_rng: FWH not detected means the Intel hardware Random Number Generator was not detected in the FirmWare Hub. From what I can find on a few forums, this is not a problem, but it has caused some people to experience a 1-2 minute boot delay. I’m not sure if I gave my system that much time to boot, so (when I get a chance) my first step is to see if the system will boot if I give it a few minutes.
After some investigation, it’s a little comforting to know there may be solutions to the errors I am seeing, but coming from a Windows world, it’s nice when things “just work” (in terms of hardware support).
