Downloaded and used the Karmic Live-CD. I notice that I get the exact same behaviour as I'm seeing when attempting to boot from disk:
ubu...@ubuntu:/media$ ls /dev/sd* /dev/sda /dev/sdb ubu...@ubuntu:/media$ ls /dev/disk/* -l /dev/disk/by-id: total 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2009-11-28 20:32 ata-MAXTOR_6L060J3_663210555230 -> ../../sdb lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2009-11-28 20:32 ata-MAXTOR_6L060J3_663217454727 -> ../../sda lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 2009-11-28 20:32 dm-name-pdc_dgecfaiii -> ../../mapper/pdc_dgecfaiii lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 2009-11-28 20:32 dm-uuid-DMRAID-pdc_dgecfaiii -> ../../mapper/pdc_dgecfaiii lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2009-11-28 20:32 scsi-SATA_MAXTOR_6L060J3_663210555230 -> ../../sdb lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2009-11-28 20:32 scsi-SATA_MAXTOR_6L060J3_663217454727 -> ../../sda /dev/disk/by-label: total 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2009-11-28 20:33 Ubuntu\x209.10\x20i386 -> ../../sr0 /dev/disk/by-path: total 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2009-11-28 20:32 pci-0000:00:0f.1-scsi-0:0:0:0 -> ../../sda lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2009-11-28 20:32 pci-0000:00:0f.1-scsi-0:0:1:0 -> ../../sdb lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2009-11-28 20:32 pci-0000:00:0f.1-scsi-1:0:0:0 -> ../../sr0 ** Package changed: devicekit-disks (Ubuntu) => linux (Ubuntu) ** Package changed: linux (Ubuntu) => devicekit-disks (Ubuntu) -- Upgrade to Karmic: can't boot, can't mount. Partitions missing from /dev/. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/489826 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
