This might be helpful: http://help.lockergnome.com/linux/aic94xx-firmware-initramfs- ftopict394102.html
It seems to hit the mark. I presume the Adaptec adp94xx driver is verboten? If not GPL'ed, then it seems it would be off limits to include in Ubuntu. -- Adaptec SAS adp94xx not in initrd https://launchpad.net/bugs/82382 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs