After verification, it's a specific kernel bug. After upgrade, my gutsy is today up to date, and I removed dmsetup package. After update-initramfs -k 2.6.22-11.rt -u the system runs fine with this kernel and not with 12.39.
The is some changes on kernel libata in 11.33 update (when the problem happened): linux-source-2.6.22 (2.6.22-11.33) gutsy; urgency=low [Ben Collins] * libata: Default to hpa being overridden [Chuck Short] * [LIBATA] Add more hard drives to blacklist. [Matthew Garrett] * Add support to libata-acpi for acpi-based bay hotplug [Upstream Kernel Changes] * [pata_marvell]: Add more identifiers -- Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sun, 16 Sep 2007 22:13:08 -0400 And this is the actual (12.39) libata-core content about blacklists: static const struct ata_blacklist_entry ata_device_blacklist [] = { /* Devices with DMA related problems under Linux */ { "WDC AC11000H", NULL, ATA_HORKAGE_NODMA }, { "WDC AC22100H", NULL, ATA_HORKAGE_NODMA }, { "WDC AC32500H", NULL, ATA_HORKAGE_NODMA }, { "WDC AC33100H", NULL, ATA_HORKAGE_NODMA }, { "WDC AC31600H", NULL, ATA_HORKAGE_NODMA }, { "WDC AC32100H", "24.09P07", ATA_HORKAGE_NODMA }, { "WDC AC23200L", "21.10N21", ATA_HORKAGE_NODMA }, { "Compaq CRD-8241B", NULL, ATA_HORKAGE_NODMA }, { "CRD-8400B", NULL, ATA_HORKAGE_NODMA }, { "CRD-8480B", NULL, ATA_HORKAGE_NODMA }, { "CRD-8482B", NULL, ATA_HORKAGE_NODMA }, { "CRD-84", NULL, ATA_HORKAGE_NODMA }, { "SanDisk SDP3B", NULL, ATA_HORKAGE_NODMA }, { "SanDisk SDP3B-64", NULL, ATA_HORKAGE_NODMA }, { "SANYO CD-ROM CRD", NULL, ATA_HORKAGE_NODMA }, { "HITACHI CDR-8", NULL, ATA_HORKAGE_NODMA }, { "HITACHI CDR-8335", NULL, ATA_HORKAGE_NODMA }, { "HITACHI CDR-8435", NULL, ATA_HORKAGE_NODMA }, { "Toshiba CD-ROM XM-6202B", NULL, ATA_HORKAGE_NODMA }, { "TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-1702BC", NULL, ATA_HORKAGE_NODMA }, { "CD-532E-A", NULL, ATA_HORKAGE_NODMA }, { "E-IDE CD-ROM CR-840",NULL, ATA_HORKAGE_NODMA }, { "CD-ROM Drive/F5A", NULL, ATA_HORKAGE_NODMA }, { "WPI CDD-820", NULL, ATA_HORKAGE_NODMA }, { "SAMSUNG CD-ROM SC-148C", NULL, ATA_HORKAGE_NODMA }, { "SAMSUNG CD-ROM SC", NULL, ATA_HORKAGE_NODMA }, { "ATAPI CD-ROM DRIVE 40X MAXIMUM",NULL,ATA_HORKAGE_NODMA }, { "_NEC DV5800A", NULL, ATA_HORKAGE_NODMA }, { "SAMSUNG CD-ROM SN-124","N001", ATA_HORKAGE_NODMA }, { "Seagate STT20000A", NULL, ATA_HORKAGE_NODMA }, { "IOMEGA ZIP 250 ATAPI", NULL, ATA_HORKAGE_NODMA }, /* temporary fix */ /* Weird ATAPI devices */ { "TORiSAN DVD-ROM DRD-N216", NULL, ATA_HORKAGE_MAX_SEC_128 }, /* Devices we expect to fail diagnostics */ /* Devices where NCQ should be avoided */ /* NCQ is slow */ { "WDC WD740ADFD-00", NULL, ATA_HORKAGE_NONCQ }, /* http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ide/14907 */ { "FUJITSU MHT2060BH", NULL, ATA_HORKAGE_NONCQ }, /* NCQ is broken */ { "Maxtor 6L250S0", "BANC1G10", ATA_HORKAGE_NONCQ }, { "Maxtor 6B200M0", "BANC1B10", ATA_HORKAGE_NONCQ }, /* NCQ hard hangs device under heavier load, needs hard power cycle */ { "Maxtor 6B250S0", "BANC1B70", ATA_HORKAGE_NONCQ }, /* Blacklist entries taken from Silicon Image 3124/3132 Windows driver .inf file - also several Linux problem reports */ { "HTS541060G9SA00", "MB3OC60D", ATA_HORKAGE_NONCQ, }, { "HTS541080G9SA00", "MB4OC60D", ATA_HORKAGE_NONCQ, }, { "HTS541010G9SA00", "MBZOC60D", ATA_HORKAGE_NONCQ, }, /* Drives which do spurious command completion */ { "HTS541680J9SA00", "SB2IC7EP", ATA_HORKAGE_NONCQ, }, { "HTS541612J9SA00", "SBDIC7JP", ATA_HORKAGE_NONCQ, }, { "HTS722012K9A300", "DCCOC54P", ATA_HORKAGE_NONCQ, }, { "HTS541616J9SA00", "SB4OC70P", ATA_HORKAGE_NONCQ, }, { "WDC WD740ADFD-00NLR1", NULL, ATA_HORKAGE_NONCQ, }, { "FUJITSU MHV2080BH", "00840028", ATA_HORKAGE_NONCQ, }, /* Devices with NCQ limits */ /* End Marker */ { } }; My raid0 is build with two Western Digital Raptor 150Go: hdparm -i /dev/sda returns: /dev/sda: Model=WDC WD1500ADFD-00NLR0 , FwRev=19.06P19, SerialNo= WD-WMAP41026508 Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec SpinMotCtl Fixed DTR>5Mbs FmtGapReq } RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=57600, SectSize=600, ECCbytes=48 BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=16384kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=?0? CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=268435455 IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120} PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4 DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 udma5 AdvancedPM=no WriteCache=enabled Drive conforms to: ATA/ATAPI-7 published, ANSI INCITS 397-2005: ATA/ATAPI-1,2,3,4,5,6,7 * signifies the current active mode hdparm -i /dev/sdb /dev/sdb: Model=WDC WD1500ADFD-00NLR1 , FwRev=20.07P20, SerialNo= WD-WMAP41425269 Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec SpinMotCtl Fixed DTR>5Mbs FmtGapReq } RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=57600, SectSize=600, ECCbytes=48 BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=16384kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=?0? CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=268435455 IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120} PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4 DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 udma5 AdvancedPM=no WriteCache=enabled Drive conforms to: ATA/ATAPI-7 published, ANSI INCITS 397-2005: ATA/ATAPI-1,2,3,4,5,6,7 * signifies the current active mode If I boot this the last live CD (Gutsy Live DVD beta 1), it's impossible to view the raid array. The system don't want to recognize it. -- Cannot start from dmraid device anymore https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/141435 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs