3w-sas driver missing in precise installer

This is an issue for me as well. The driver was included in Maverick.

This bug is missing log files that will aid in dianosing the problem. From a terminal window please run:

apport-collect 776542

and then change the status of the bug back to 'New'.

If, due to the nature of the issue you have encountered, you are unable to run this command, please add a comment stating that fact and change the bug status to 'Confirmed'.

This change has been made by an automated script, maintained by the Ubuntu Kernel Team.

There is a quite simple workaround. You need to insmod 3w-sas.ko just after installation starts. To to this:
1. Download linux-image-2.6.38-8-generic package from http://packages.ubuntu.com/natty/linux-image-2.6.38-8-generic
2. Extract 3w-sas.ko from the linux image package
3. Download ubuntu server 11.04 64-bit
4. Use, for example, IsoMaster tool to add 3w-sas.ko file to ubuntu iso image so it still be bootable.
5. Start installation process, but stop as soon as you see the language selection screen.
6. Switch to console: Ctrl+Alt+F2
7. Mount cd-rom: "mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt" or something like that.
8. Create some folder, like /3ware, and copy the driver to it.
9. Unmount cdrom - won't be needed anymore.
10. insmod 3w-sas.ko
11. Continue your installation like there was no bug at all :)

Another approach is to download the "3w-sas.ko" file after configuring the network.

[Expired for linux (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Still present in oneiric and also precise. Please add 3w-sas.ko to the install media. This should be an easy fix

This bug was fixed in the package linux - 3.2.0-8.15

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linux (3.2.0-8.15) precise; urgency=low

  [ Leann Ogasawara ]

  * [Config] Disable CONFIG_ACPI_PROCFS
  * Remove server from getabis
  * Temporarily disable module check
  * [Config] Disable CONFIG_MTD_TESTS
  * [Config] Disable CONFIG_X86_E_POWERSAVER
  * [Config] Set CONFIG_ARCNET=m
  * [Config] Enable CONFIG_ATM_DUMMY=m
  * [Config] Enable CONFIG_BLK_DEV_MD=y
  * ubuntu: fsam7400 select CHECK_SIGNATURE and depend on X86
  * [Config] Enable CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=y
  * [Config] Enable CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR=y
  * [Config] Enable CONFIG_BLK_DEV_UB=m
  * [Config] Enable CONFIG_COPS=m
  * [Config] Enable CONFIG_DVB_USB_EC168=m
  * [Config] Enable CONFIG_ENC28J60=m
  * [Config] Enable CONFIG_FB_UVESA=m
  * [Config] Enable CONFIG_FB_ATY=m
  * [Config] Enable CONFIG_BROADCOM_PHY=y
  * [Config] Enable CONFIG_CICADA_PHY=y
  * [Config] Enable CONFIG_DAVICOM_PHY=y
  * [Config] Enable CONFIG_ICPLUS_PHY=y
  * [Config] Enable CONFIG_LSI_ET1011C_PHY=y
  * [Config] Enable CONFIG_LXT_PHY=y
  * [Config] Enable CONFIG_MARVELL_PHY=y
  * [Config] Enable CONFIG_NATIONAL_PHY=y
  * [Config] Enable CONFIG_QSEMI_PHY=y
  * [Config] Enable CONFIG_SMSC_PHY=y
  * [Config] Enable CONFIG_VITESSE_PHY=y
  * Add 3w-sas to scsi-modules
    - LP: #776542

  [ Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre ]

  * SAUCE: ipv6: make the net.ipv6.conf.all.use_tempaddr sysctl propagate
    to interface settings

  [ Paolo Pisati ]

  * Revert "SAUCE: omap3: beagle: if rev unknown, assume xM revision C"
    - LP: #912199
  * Revert "SAUCE: omap3: beagle: detect new xM revision B"
    - LP: #912199
  * Revert "SAUCE: omap3: beaglexm: fix DVI initialization"
    - LP: #912199

  [ Upstream Kernel Changes ]

  * Bluetooth: Add support for BCM20702A0 [0a5c:21e3]
    - LP: #906832
 -- Leann Ogasawara <email address hidden> Fri, 06 Jan 2012 10:02:03 -0800