Marc - mptsas is definitely unhappy. While possible that its an mptsas driver error, do you know if a Maverick install works, and have you ever installed anything on this machine ?
mptbase: ioc0: LogInfo(0x31140000): Originator={PL}, Code={IO Executed}, SubCode(0x0000) cb_idx mptscsih_io_done sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Unhandled error code sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Result: hostbyte=DID_NO_CONNECT driverbyte=DRIVER_OK sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] CDB: Write(10): 2a 00 00 45 2d b8 00 00 20 00 end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 4533688 Aborting journal on device sda1-8. end_device-2:0: mptsas: ioc0: removing ssp device: fw_channel 0, fw_id 0, phy 0,sas_addr 0x500000e113c500b2 phy-2:0: mptsas: ioc0: delete phy 0, phy-obj (0xf47eca00) port-2:0: mptsas: ioc0: delete port 0, sas_addr (0x500000e113c500b2) F ** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu Natty) Importance: High Status: Triaged ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Natty) Status: Triaged => In Progress ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Natty) Assignee: (unassigned) => Tim Gardner (timg-tpi) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/711938 Title: Error installing base system on natty server -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs