I've changed the mdadm.conf file to have a manual definition of the array including the exact device names of the three member disks, however palimpsest still exhibits this problem where only one disk shows as a component. Of course, the array still mounts fine, but I am afraid of array desynchronisation if only one disk is being used.
The boot messages are even better now: Sep 18 13:28:26 delan kernel: [ 2.387647] md: linear personality registered for level -1 Sep 18 13:28:26 delan kernel: [ 2.403626] md: multipath personality registered for level -4 Sep 18 13:28:26 delan kernel: [ 2.413439] md: raid0 personality registered for level 0 Sep 18 13:28:26 delan kernel: [ 2.422250] md: raid1 personality registered for level 1 Sep 18 13:28:26 delan kernel: [ 2.529563] md: bind<sdc> Sep 18 13:28:26 delan kernel: [ 2.532306] md: bind<sdd> Sep 18 13:28:26 delan kernel: [ 2.591876] md: bind<sdb> Sep 18 13:28:26 delan kernel: [ 4.053002] md: raid6 personality registered for level 6 Sep 18 13:28:26 delan kernel: [ 4.053054] md: raid5 personality registered for level 5 Sep 18 13:28:26 delan kernel: [ 4.053105] md: raid4 personality registered for level 4 Sep 18 13:28:26 delan kernel: [ 4.053285] md/raid:md0: device sdb operational as raid disk 0 Sep 18 13:28:26 delan kernel: [ 4.053338] md/raid:md0: device sdd operational as raid disk 2 Sep 18 13:28:26 delan kernel: [ 4.053390] md/raid:md0: device sdc operational as raid disk 1 Sep 18 13:28:26 delan kernel: [ 4.053651] md/raid:md0: allocated 3230kB Sep 18 13:28:26 delan kernel: [ 4.053726] md/raid:md0: raid level 5 active with 3 out of 3 devices, algorithm 2 Sep 18 13:28:26 delan kernel: [ 4.053815] md0: detected capacity change from 0 to 2000409329664 Sep 18 13:28:26 delan kernel: [ 4.054578] md0: p1 Sep 18 13:28:26 delan kernel: [ 4.116269] md: raid10 personality registered for level 10 ** Attachment added: "mdadm.conf" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mdadm/+bug/634797/+attachment/1600826/+files/mdadm.conf ** Changed in: mdadm (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- RAID arrays don't initialise properly on startup https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/634797 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs