I needed to get the install done so I went ahead and did a more normal install with '/boot/efi' in an normal partition on the first disk. After the install, I created a matching partition on the second drive, copied the /boot/efi partition to that and then created a (degraded RAID) on the first drive. (At this point I had destroyed /dev/md0 and recreated it.) I then copied the data back to the RAID partition on the first drive, unmounted the partition on the second and added it to complete the RAID1. The partition was created as /dev/md0 (using 0.90 metadata) and after reboot came up as /dev/md127. Other than that, it seems to work. Surprisingly the block ID for /dev/md127 and the original EXT4 /boot/efi matched. But this is all after the crash that triggered the bug report.
The command used to create the RAID device would have used the same parameters as root@androidlx01:~# mdadm --create /dev/md0 --metadata=0.90 -l raid1 -f -n 1 /dev/sda1 mdadm: /dev/sda1 appears to be part of a raid array: level=raid0 devices=0 ctime=Wed Dec 31 19:00:00 1969 Continue creating array? y mdadm: array /dev/md0 started. root@androidlx01:~# cat /proc/mdstat Personalities : [raid1] md0 : active raid1 sda1[0] 524224 blocks [1/1] [U] unused devices: <none> The existing RAID is androidadmin@androidlx01:~$ sudo mdadm -D /dev/md127 /dev/md127: Version : 0.90 Creation Time : Tue Oct 31 15:55:49 2017 Raid Level : raid1 Array Size : 524224 (512.02 MiB 536.81 MB) Used Dev Size : 524224 (512.02 MiB 536.81 MB) Raid Devices : 2 Total Devices : 2 Preferred Minor : 127 Persistence : Superblock is persistent Update Time : Fri Nov 10 15:33:49 2017 State : clean Active Devices : 2 Working Devices : 2 Failed Devices : 0 Spare Devices : 0 UUID : 498041b2:09e636ad:d8fca355:d4d345d0 (local to host androidlx01) Events : 0.40 Number Major Minor RaidDevice State 0 8 1 0 active sync /dev/sda1 1 8 17 1 active sync /dev/sdb1 androidadmin@androidlx01:~$ On Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 8:36 AM, Phillip Susi <ps...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > Can you post the output of mdadm -D /dev/md0? > > > ** Changed in: grub-installer (Ubuntu) > Status: New => Incomplete > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1721317 > > Title: > graphical installer crashed. > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/ > +bug/1721317/+subscriptions > -- '03 BMW F650CS - hers '98 Dakar K12RS - "BABY K" grew up. '93 R100R w/ Velorex 700 (MBD starts...) '95 Miata - "OUR LC" polish visor: apply squashed bugs, rinse, repeat Beautiful Sunny Winfield, Illinois -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1721317 Title: graphical installer crashed. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/+bug/1721317/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs