Cannot boot from software RAID with 2TB disks

[Tom H]

On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 7:55 AM, Matthias Brennwald
<matthias at brennwald.org> wrote:
> (sorry for sending this again, but I messed up the subject line in my previous message)
>
> On May 12, 2010, at 9:58 AM, ubuntu-users-request at lists.ubuntu.com wrote:
>
>>> What are my options? I'd appreciate any hints and help on how I can make this install work.
>>
>> Only one. Destroy and redo it. 2 disks mirrored for system and the other
>> three a raid5 to be used however you like.
>
> I just tried to install Ubuntu 10.04 onto a RAID1 with two disks. Same result. I still believe my problem is related to this:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/partman-base/+bug/506670
>
> Any thoughts on how to fix this?

What is the size of /boot?

If you've used two full disks, you may now have hit that bug; and
wasted alot of disk space because /boot does not need that much space.