This is so stupid, it's just the epitome of asshole. RAID controller cards go out ALL THE TIME. This TAKES OUT MULTIPLE DRIVES without a doubt.
Kernel updates frequently don't work with older RAID controllers that were working perfectly for years. Stuff breaks, particularly when it's rebooted or touched or "upgraded". So why make this experience harder than hell? And almost guarantee life-altering data loss? MANY PEOPLE USE 3WARE CARDS AS JBOD CONTROLLERS AND THEN RUN SOFTWARE RAID5. Put all this together, add in an "upgrade" from 10.04 LTS to 12.04 along with a 3ware 9650 SE 4LP running 4 SATA disks as JBOD that mysteriously decides to no longer appear to linux at boot, along with a server with a built-in nVidia that is of course incompatible with current "quiet" and "splash" screens and practically undocumented "gfxmode=" bullshit in too-new GRUB2, all written by rushers who could care less about stability, and man - you REDEFINE EXTREME AGGRAVATION, because, now, suddenly, Ubuntu 12.04 LTS itself will not boot, can not be made to "bootdegraded=true" no matter what you say above, and has ground everything to a halt, apparently necessitating a total system reboot, if not 100% data loss. Why am I using Ubuntu again? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/872220 Title: Fails to boot when there's problems with softraid To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mdadm/+bug/872220/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
