Brian,
I started from scratch tonight building the arrays again as I spec'd in the 
first post using the beta1 server install disk..  After a successful install 
and a few reboots I was able to get a normal prompt from which I performed a 
apt-get dist-upgrade.  I noticed this time that I was prompted in the middle of 
the upgade to choose which arrays were to become active.  It defaulted to "all" 
and that's the way I set it.

However, after a reboot, it once again fails.

Just to make sure I'm clear about the problem, when it fails - which is
most of the time - here's an approximation of the screen info:

Loading please wait
mdadm: no devices listed in conf file were found
3-4 modprobe usage statements
4 mount statements no such file or dir
target filesystems doesn't have /sbin/init
Busybox info
can't access tty: job control turned off
(initramfs) prompt

Even on those rare occasions when it actually does boot successfully, I
still see the "mdadm: no devices listed..." line.

When it fails it always looks pretty much like the screen approximation
(above) dumping me at the initramfs prompt.  From there, /proc/mdstat
always says that my 3 arrays are active.

As an aside, If I'm understanding many of the other raid bug posters
they *have* to insert a break=mount statement in order to arrive at the
initramfs prompt.  That has never been the case with this machine.  I've
*always* been dumped to a iniramfs prompt after installing, both before
and after the dist-upgrade.

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Feisty beta1 raid is broken
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/96511
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