On Mon, 2017-05-15 at 22:40 +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > Alfred Grimstad <agrims...@gmail.com> (2017-05-15): > > As I said, I couldn't quite remember the whole process. But I'm pretty > > sure one way is via a menu of devices. > > > > > I haven't played with going back and forth to iterate with different > > > settings like what you've mentioned, but given the syslog you attached, > > > it looks like there was no run with /dev/sda, which explains your system > > > didn't boot. > > > > Well, I definitely did it. Or rather I definitely ran through the > > process as I described. As to whether something was done based on my > > selection, which would be recorded in the syslog, that is something not > > visible to the user. :-) > > Well, is it possible that the first run was done by setting “Enter > device manually” and typing Enter, then the second one by selecting the > second disk? This would definitely explain the syslog you attached, > which I've just reproduced locally. > > I might set up automated tests for RAID1 at a latter point but I'm > inclined to suspect this is only user issue here.
Whatever. Your theory of what happened has a problem, though. I've installed debian many, many times. I've always used the menu to select the disk, never entered it manually. I'd have a better case if I repeated the whole process and produced the same results. But I'm just a user and I don't want to spend a lot of time doing this, because after doing the install I'd have to restore the subsequent configuration work I did. Sorry, perhaps someone else will test this particular corner of the installation ... -- al