I am also experiencing problems related to booting with a degraded md RAID1 array. I performed a clean install of 64 bit Mythbuntu 11.10 onto a single disk on an i3 2100 system. Note that I have configured this system for UEFI booting. Later I added a second disk, performing the following steps:
Installed Seagate ST31000528AS Barracuda 7200.12 1TB drive. Partitioned as single GPT partition using parted. Created RAID1 array with single disk. mdadm --create --verbose /dev/md0 --level=mirror --raid-devices=2 /dev/sdb1 missing Created ext4 filesystem on /dev/md0 using mkfs.ext4. Used blkid device to determine UUID. Added entry in /etc/fstab to mount filesystem using UUID. Mount point of /mythtv/drive0. Created mount point using mkdir. After adding the disk, booting gives me a blank screen and never displays any messages. This is with set gfxpayload=$linux_gfx_mode, quiet, and splash. If I remove those, the screen stays blank for ~20 seconds, then the busybox/initramfs screen is displayed. Once busybox is displayed, a switch to vt7 reveals the degraded RAID messages. In both cases the kernel option vt.handoff=7 is being passed. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/778520 Title: install on degraded raid1 does not boot, drops to initramfs shell To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+bug/778520/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
