[Bug 1202955] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

[Ebbex]

And yes, unfortunately I'm dualbooting Windows Server for other
experiments.

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Title:
  (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

Status in “dmraid” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I've just installed a HP Microserver (N40L) with the latest installer
  from precise-updates/main/installer-amd64/20101020ubuntu136.9/images
  /quantal-netboot. The installer fails to activate the raid, so I had
  to drop into a shell, write dmraid -ay, to continue the installation.

  After the install, I have the exact same problem, I'm always dropped
  into the busybox initramfs shell, write "dmraid -ay" to activate the
  raid, and "exit", and boot continues as normal.

  I've solved my problem by adding the line "[ -x /sbin/dmraid ] &&
  /sbin/dmraid -ay" to the end of the /usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts
  /local-top/dmraid as suggested in
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dmraid/+bug/247027/comments/21

  But I'm guessing there's a more sophisticated procedure that's not
  kicking in on my system. What information can I start providing to
  help get this fixed? (If there's a ubuntu developer interested, I can
  provide access directly to the box via the ilo device.)

  (initramfs) blkid
  (initramfs) blkid -p /dev/sd[a-d]
  /dev/sda: TYPE="promise_fasttrack_raid_member" USAGE="raid"
  /dev/sdb: TYPE="promise_fasttrack_raid_member" USAGE="raid"
  /dev/sdc: TYPE="promise_fasttrack_raid_member" USAGE="raid"
  /dev/sdd: TYPE="promise_fasttrack_raid_member" USAGE="raid"

  Without any parameters blkid doesn't return anything.

  (initramfs) dmraid -ay
  RAID set "pdc_ebdeeaiceb-0" was activated
  RAID set "pdc_ebdeeaiceb-1" was activated
  RAID set "pdc_ebdeeaiceb" was activated
  RAID set "pdc_ebdeeaiceb1" was activated
  RAID set "pdc_ebdeeaiceb2" was activated
  RAID set "pdc_ebdeeaiceb3" was activated

  I'm filing it under linux-lts-quantal, since it's the highest level
  package (I think) that is affected by the underlying problem. And I'm
  told it's not related to
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dmraid/+bug/941874

  linux-image-3.5.0-36-generic #57 precise1 (amd64)
  dmraid 1.0.0.rc16-4.1ubuntu8

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