same issue here. "grub loading." stays for a while, then i get "error: biosdisk read error". Karmic Koala stable x64 alternative installation. mirror RAID for /boot and an encrypted mirror RAID for / (root)
> sudo fdisk -l Disk /dev/sda: 250.1 GB, 250059350016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0x0002d4ad Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 1 134 1076323+ fd Linux raid autodetect /dev/sda2 135 30401 243119677+ fd Linux raid autodetect Disk /dev/sdb: 250.1 GB, 250059350016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0x00025c92 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 * 1 134 1076323+ fd Linux raid autodetect /dev/sdb2 135 30401 243119677+ fd Linux raid autodetect Disk /dev/md0: 1102 MB, 1102053376 bytes 2 heads, 4 sectors/track, 269056 cylinders Units = cylinders of 8 * 512 = 4096 bytes Disk identifier: 0x00000000 Disk /dev/md0 doesn't contain a valid partition table Disk /dev/md1: 249.0 GB, 248954421248 bytes 2 heads, 4 sectors/track, 60779888 cylinders Units = cylinders of 8 * 512 = 4096 bytes Disk identifier: 0x08040000 Disk /dev/md1 doesn't contain a valid partition table > sudo mdadm --detail /dev/md0 /dev/md0: Version : 00.90 Creation Time : Fri Oct 30 15:40:33 2009 Raid Level : raid1 Array Size : 1076224 (1051.18 MiB 1102.05 MB) Used Dev Size : 1076224 (1051.18 MiB 1102.05 MB) Raid Devices : 2 Total Devices : 2 Preferred Minor : 0 Persistence : Superblock is persistent Update Time : Tue Nov 10 10:56:31 2009 State : clean Active Devices : 2 Working Devices : 2 Failed Devices : 0 Spare Devices : 0 UUID : 47c9a647:473c1802:9515e672:ee318adb Events : 0.229 Number Major Minor RaidDevice State 0 8 1 0 active sync /dev/sda1 1 8 17 1 active sync /dev/sdb1 > sudo mdadm --detail /dev/md1 /dev/md1: Version : 00.90 Creation Time : Fri Oct 30 15:40:47 2009 Raid Level : raid1 Array Size : 243119552 (231.86 GiB 248.95 GB) Used Dev Size : 243119552 (231.86 GiB 248.95 GB) Raid Devices : 2 Total Devices : 2 Preferred Minor : 1 Persistence : Superblock is persistent Update Time : Tue Nov 10 11:10:50 2009 State : clean Active Devices : 2 Working Devices : 2 Failed Devices : 0 Spare Devices : 0 UUID : 026cf484:89dec43d:3b5e59a4:166e8441 Events : 0.169383 Number Major Minor RaidDevice State 0 8 2 0 active sync /dev/sda2 1 8 18 1 active sync /dev/sdb2 > cat /proc/mdstat Personalities : [raid1] [linear] [multipath] [raid0] [raid6] [raid5] [raid4] [raid10] md1 : active raid1 sda2[0] sdb2[1] 243119552 blocks [2/2] [UU] md0 : active raid1 sda1[0] sdb1[1] 1076224 blocks [2/2] [UU] unused devices: <none> -- grub2 shows 'biosdisk read error', then boots https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/396564 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