[Bug 778520] Re: Fresh natty install on raid1 does not boot, drops to initramfs shell

2011-05-06 Thread xor
Notice that I also tried "rootdelay=100" and "roowait" as kernel parameters, both do not help. In fact it does seem to ignore them, there is no visible delay before it drops to shell. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. htt

[Bug 778520] Re: Fresh natty install on raid1 does not boot, drops to initramfs shell

2011-05-06 Thread Clint Byrum
** Changed in: ubuntu Importance: Undecided => Critical -- 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: Fresh natty install on raid1 does not boot, drops to initramfs shell -- ubunt

[Bug 778520] Re: Fresh natty install on raid1 does not boot, drops to initramfs shell

2011-05-06 Thread xor
SpamapS on IRC figured out that the messages which are hidden by the screen clearing of BusyBox are shown on a different terminal which can be accessed with ALT+F7. A picture of them is attached. ** Attachment added: "100_4642.jpg" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/778520/+attachment/211

[Bug 778520] Re: Fresh natty install on raid1 does not boot, drops to initramfs shell

2011-05-06 Thread Clint Byrum
I saw this once in ISO testing but was unable to reproduce, looks like xor has a system that is far more reliably producing this, so must be a race between md and the mount of the root fs ** Changed in: ubuntu Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are

[Bug 778520] Re: Fresh natty install on raid1 does not boot, drops to initramfs shell

2011-05-06 Thread xor
rootdelay=100 => Same messages as without it rootwait => Also the same -- 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: Fresh natty install on raid1 does not boot, drops to initramfs she

[Bug 778520] Re: Fresh natty install on raid1 does not boot, drops to initramfs shell

2011-05-06 Thread Clint Byrum
I've done some deep investigation of this issue, many thanks to xor for the feedback. It is 100% reproducible by degrading a RAID1 array on a VM and simply rebooting. Booting with 'quiet' removed, however, changes the race, and so, it doesn't manifest. I believe the problem is that wait-for-root d