I'm also experiencing the same type of problem. I have found a work- around, although I'm unsure of any implications.
$ uname -r 2.6.28-11-server $ lspci | grep RAID 00:1f.2 RAID bus controller: Intel Corporation 82801FR/FRW (ICH6R/ICH6RW) SATA Controller (rev 03) ~$ dmraid --version dmraid version: 1.0.0.rc15 (2008-09-17) shared dmraid library version: 1.0.0.rc15 (2008.09.17) device-mapper version: unknown $ sudo dmraid -s *** Group superset .ddf1_disks --> Active Subset name : ddf1_OS size : 1464973440 stride : 128 type : mirror status : ok subsets: 0 devs : 2 spares : 0 $ sudo dmraid -ddd -ay DEBUG: _find_set: searching .ddf1_disks DEBUG: _find_set: not found .ddf1_disks DEBUG: _find_set: searching ddf1_OS DEBUG: _find_set: searching ddf1_OS DEBUG: _find_set: not found ddf1_OS DEBUG: _find_set: not found ddf1_OS DEBUG: _find_set: searching .ddf1_disks DEBUG: _find_set: found .ddf1_disks DEBUG: _find_set: searching ddf1_OS DEBUG: _find_set: searching ddf1_OS DEBUG: _find_set: found ddf1_OS DEBUG: _find_set: found ddf1_OS DEBUG: checking ddf1 device "/dev/sda" DEBUG: checking ddf1 device "/dev/sdb" DEBUG: set status of set "ddf1_OS" to 16 DEBUG: set status of set ".ddf1_disks" to 16 RAID set "ddf1_OS" already active DEBUG: _find_set: searching ddf1_OS1 DEBUG: _find_set: not found ddf1_OS1 DEBUG: _find_set: searching ddf1_OS5 DEBUG: _find_set: not found ddf1_OS5 RAID set "ddf1_OS1" already active RAID set "ddf1_OS5" already active DEBUG: freeing devices of RAID set "ddf1_OS" DEBUG: freeing device "ddf1_OS", path "/dev/sda" DEBUG: freeing device "ddf1_OS", path "/dev/sdb" DEBUG: freeing devices of RAID set ".ddf1_disks" DEBUG: freeing device ".ddf1_disks", path "/dev/sdb" DEBUG: freeing device ".ddf1_disks", path "/dev/sda" DEBUG: freeing devices of RAID set "ddf1_OS1" DEBUG: freeing device "ddf1_OS1", path "/dev/mapper/ddf1_OS" DEBUG: freeing devices of RAID set "ddf1_OS5" DEBUG: freeing device "ddf1_OS5", path "/dev/mapper/ddf1_OS" Here's the work-around I'm using: Modified /usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/local-top/dmraid to read: #!/bin/sh # local-top script for dmraid. PREREQS="" prereqs() { echo $PREREQS } case $1 in # get pre-requisites prereqs) prereqs exit 0 ;; esac # Activate any dmraid arrays that were not identified by udev and vol_id. #for dev in $(dmraid -r -c); do # dmraid-activate $dev #done # Adding this seems to work. sleep 2 dmraid -ay then ran `update-initramfs -u` and after a reboot it booted right up and no longer went to busybox. -- [jaunty] Root on nvidia raid 1 mirror does not boot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/358255 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