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FS#32823 - 2012.11.01 iso failed to boot on macbook 7,1 in BIOS mode (missing /dev/disk)

Attached to Project: Release Engineering
Opened by wisut hantanong (wizzup) - Saturday, 24 November 2012, 03:31 GMT
Last edited by Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi (djgera) - Saturday, 01 December 2012, 15:51 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Hardware Issues
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version 2012.10.06
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Possible fix: add 'MODULES=ata_generic' to 'mkinitcpio.conf'

Steps:
0. Burn 2012.11.01 iso to DVD (dd to USB keys not work on Macbook)
1. Power on macbook, insert 2012.11.01 iso and hold 'alt' to get macbook boot menu
2. Select 'Windows' (DVD icon) to boot from DVD
3. Select entry from grub menu (both x86 and x64 has the same problem)
4. Boot process stuck with no disk found

ERROR: '/dev/disk/by-label/ARCH_201211' device did not show up after 30 seconds...

PS. Booting in EFI mode work fine and I am able to install the system successfully but boot process (from installed system) will failed due to missing '/dev/sdXx' if not include 'ata_generic' module to mkinitcpio
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Closed by  Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi (djgera)
Saturday, 01 December 2012, 15:51 GMT
Reason for closing:  No response
Additional comments about closing:  See comments.
Comment by Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi (djgera) - Saturday, 24 November 2012, 05:15 GMT
ata_generic.ko is already present in archiso.img (initramfs)

So you need to workaround doing a force module loading via boot kernel parameter: earlymodules=ata_generic

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