Hi, I've created a temporary fix that works in my case. I have make a copy of one of the scripts in the initramfs:
cp /usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/local /etc/initramfs-tools/ scripts and I have added one line to the copy, resulting in the following file: ---------------------------- # Local filesystem mounting -*- shell-script -*- # Parameter: device node to check # Echos fstype to stdout # Return value: indicates if an fs could be recognized get_fstype () { local FS FSTYPE FSSIZE RET FS="${1}" # vol_id has a more complete list of file systems if [ -x /lib/udev/vol_id ]; then FSTYPE=$(/lib/udev/vol_id -t "${FS}" 2> /dev/null) else eval $(fstype < "${FS}" 2> /dev/null) fi RET=$? if [ -z "${FSTYPE}" ]; then FSTYPE="unknown" fi echo "${FSTYPE}" return ${RET} } # Parameter: Where to mount the filesystem mountroot () { [ "$quiet" != "y" ] && log_begin_msg "Running /scripts/local- top" run_scripts /scripts/local-top [ "$quiet" != "y" ] && log_end_msg # If the root device hasn't shown up yet, give it a little while # to deal with removable devices if [ ! -e "${ROOT}" ] || ! $(get_fstype "${ROOT}" >/dev/null); then log_begin_msg "Waiting for root file system..." # Default delay is 180s if [ -z "${ROOTDELAY}" ]; then slumber=180 else slumber=${ROOTDELAY} fi if [ -x /sbin/usplash_write ]; then /sbin/usplash_write "TIMEOUT ${slumber}" || true fi slumber=$(( ${slumber} * 10 )) while [ ! -e "${ROOT}" ] \ || ! $(get_fstype "${ROOT}" >/dev/null); do /bin/sleep 0.1 /sbin/mdadm --assemble --run --auto=yes /dev/ md1 # ADDED THIS LINE, TEMPORARY FIX slumber=$(( ${slumber} - 1 )) [ ${slumber} -gt 0 ] || break done if [ ${slumber} -gt 0 ]; then log_end_msg 0 else log_end_msg 1 || true fi if [ -x /sbin/usplash_write ]; then /sbin/usplash_write "TIMEOUT 15" || true fi fi # We've given up, but we'll let the user fix matters if they can while [ ! -e "${ROOT}" ]; do echo "ALERT! ${ROOT} does not exist. Dropping to a shell!" echo " Check your root= boot argument (cat /proc/ cmdline)" panic " Check for missing modules (cat /proc/modules), or device files (ls /dev)" done # Get the root filesystem type if not set if [ -z "${ROOTFSTYPE}" ]; then FSTYPE=$(get_fstype "${ROOT}") else FSTYPE=${ROOTFSTYPE} fi [ "$quiet" != "y" ] && log_begin_msg "Running /scripts/local- premount" run_scripts /scripts/local-premount [ "$quiet" != "y" ] && log_end_msg if [ ${readonly} = y ]; then roflag=-r else roflag=-w fi # FIXME This has no error checking modprobe ${FSTYPE} # FIXME This has no error checking # Mount root mount ${roflag} -t ${FSTYPE} ${ROOTFLAGS} ${ROOT} ${rootmnt} [ "$quiet" != "y" ] && log_begin_msg "Running /scripts/local- bottom" run_scripts /scripts/local-bottom [ "$quiet" != "y" ] && log_end_msg } -------------------- The original file is part of version initramfs-tools-0.88. The added line makes sure that /dev/md1 is assembled when usb disks become available. This is the output of the boot process at the serial console: +Ethernet eth0: MAC address 00:18:39:30:0d:7d IP: 192.168.0.1/255.255.255.0, Gateway: 192.168.0.1 Default server: 0.0.0.0, DNS server IP: 0.0.0.0 RedBoot(tm) bootstrap and debug environment [ROMRAM] Red Hat certified release, version 1.92 - built 15:16:07, Feb 3 2004 Platform: IXDP425 Development Platform (XScale) Copyright (C) 2000, 2001, 2002, Red Hat, Inc. RAM: 0x00000000-0x02000000, 0x000723a0-0x01ff3000 available FLASH: 0x50000000 - 0x50800000, 64 blocks of 0x00020000 bytes each. == Executing boot script in 2.000 seconds - enter ^C to abort RedBoot> boot;exec 0x01d00000 have eRcOmM push button Entry to download download: GET_VERSION_INFO download: DOWN_REQUEST normal ... Erase from 0x50060000-0x50800000: ............................................................. download: DOWN_RESET ... Resetting.+Ethernet eth0: MAC address 00:18:39:30:0d:7d IP: 192.168.0.1/255.255.255.0, Gateway: 192.168.0.1 Default server: 0.0.0.0, DNS server IP: 0.0.0.0 RedBoot(tm) bootstrap and debug environment [ROMRAM] Red Hat certified release, version 1.92 - built 15:16:07, Feb 3 2004 Platform: IXDP425 Development Platform (XScale) Copyright (C) 2000, 2001, 2002, Red Hat, Inc. RAM: 0x00000000-0x02000000, 0x000723a0-0x01ff3000 available FLASH: 0x50000000 - 0x50800000, 64 blocks of 0x00020000 bytes each. == Executing boot script in 2.000 seconds - enter ^C to abort RedBoot> boot;exec 0x01d00000 have eRcOmM copy kernel code from flash to RAM copy ramdisk file from flash to RAM run kernel Using base address 0x01d00000 and length 0x0001ffe0 APEX Boot Loader 1.4.15 -- Copyright (c) 2004,2005,2006,2007 Marc Singer APEX comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. It is free software and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain circumstances. For details, refer to the file COPYING in the program source. apex => mem:0x00200000+0xa78c (42892 bytes) env => nor:0x7c000+15k (no-write) Use the command 'help help' to get started. # copy -s $kernelsrc $bootaddr # copy -s fis://kernel 0x00008000 1441760 bytes transferred # copy -s $ramdisksrc $ramdiskaddr # copy -s fis://ramdisk 0x01000000 6291440 bytes transferred # wait 10 Type ^C key to cancel autoboot. Type ^C key to cancel autoboot. # boot ATAG_HEADER ATAG_MEM: start 0x00000000 size 0x02000000 ATAG_CMDLINE: (55 bytes) 'console=ttyS0,115200 rtc-x1205.probe=0,0x6f noirqdebug' ATAG_INITRD2: start 0x01000000 size 0x00400000 ATAG_END Booting kernel at 0x00008000... Uncompressing Linux............................................................................... done, booting the kernel. Linux version 2.6.18-4-ixp4xx (Debian 2.6.18.dfsg.1-12etch2) ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 4.1.2 20061115 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.1-21)) #1 Sun Apr 22 087 CPU: XScale-IXP42x Family [690541f1] revision 1 (ARMv5TE), cr=0000397f Machine: Linksys NSLU2 Memory policy: ECC disabled, Data cache writeback CPU0: D VIVT undefined 5 cache CPU0: I cache: 32768 bytes, associativity 32, 32 byte lines, 32 sets CPU0: D cache: 32768 bytes, associativity 32, 32 byte lines, 32 sets Built 1 zonelists. Total pages: 8192 Kernel command line: console=ttyS0,115200 rtc-x1205.probe=0,0x6f noirqdebug IRQ lockup detection disabled PID hash table entries: 256 (order: 8, 1024 bytes) Console: colour dummy device 80x30 Dentry cache hash table entries: 4096 (order: 2, 16384 bytes) Inode-cache hash table entries: 2048 (order: 1, 8192 bytes) Memory: 32MB = 32MB total Memory: 25780KB available (1948K code, 496K data, 92K init) Security Framework v1.0.0 initialized SELinux: Disabled at boot. Capability LSM initialized Mount-cache hash table entries: 512 CPU: Testing write buffer coherency: ok checking if image is initramfs... it is Freeing initrd memory: 4096K NET: Registered protocol family 16 IXP4xx: Using 16MiB expansion bus window size PCI: IXP4xx is host PCI: IXP4xx Using direct access for memory space PCI: bus0: Fast back to back transfers disabled dmabounce: registered device 0000:00:01.0 on pci bus dmabounce: registered device 0000:00:01.1 on pci bus dmabounce: registered device 0000:00:01.2 on pci bus NET: Registered protocol family 2 IP route cache hash table entries: 256 (order: -2, 1024 bytes) TCP established hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes) TCP bind hash table entries: 512 (order: -1, 2048 bytes) TCP: Hash tables configured (established 1024 bind 512) TCP reno registered NetWinder Floating Point Emulator V0.97 (double precision) audit: initializing netlink socket (disabled) audit(4.380:1): initialized VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.5.1 Dquot-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order 0, 4096 bytes) JFFS2 version 2.2. (NAND) (C) 2001-2006 Red Hat, Inc. Initializing Cryptographic API io scheduler noop registered io scheduler anticipatory registered io scheduler deadline registered io scheduler cfq registered (default) IXP4xx Watchdog Timer: heartbeat 60 sec Serial: 8250/16550 driver $Revision: 1.90 $ 2 ports, IRQ sharing disabled serial8250.0: ttyS0 at MMIO 0xc8000000 (irq = 15) is a XScale serial8250.0: ttyS1 at MMIO 0xc8001000 (irq = 13) is a XScale RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 8192K size 1024 blocksize IXP4XX-Flash.0: Found 1 x16 devices at 0x0 in 16-bit bank Intel/Sharp Extended Query Table at 0x0031 Using buffer write method cfi_cmdset_0001: Erase suspend on write enabled Searching for RedBoot partition table in IXP4XX-Flash.0 at offset 0x7e0000 6 RedBoot partitions found on MTD device IXP4XX-Flash.0 Creating 6 MTD partitions on "IXP4XX-Flash.0": 0x00000000-0x00040000 : "RedBoot" NSLU2 MAC: 00:18:39:30:0d:7d 0x00040000-0x00060000 : "SysConf" 0x00060000-0x00080000 : "Loader" 0x00080000-0x001e0000 : "Kernel" 0x001e0000-0x007e0000 : "Ramdisk" 0x007e0000-0x00800000 : "FIS directory" mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice i2c /dev entries driver x1205 0-006f: chip found, driver version 1.0.7 x1205 0-006f: rtc core: registered x1205 as rtc0 Registered led device: ready Registered led device: status Registered led device: disk-1 Registered led device: disk-2 NET: Registered protocol family 26 TCP bic registered NET: Registered protocol family 1 NET: Registered protocol family 17 Time: OSTS clocksource has been installed. x1205 0-006f: setting the system clock to 2007-06-17 07:59:34 (1182067174) Freeing init memory: 92K Loading, please wait... Begin: Loading essential drivers... ... md: md driver 0.90.3 MAX_MD_DEVS=256, MD_SB_DISKS=27 md: bitmap version 4.39 md: raid1 personality registered for level 1 SCSI subsystem initialized usbcore: registered new driver usbfs usbcore: registered new driver hub Initializing USB Mass Storage driver... usbcore: registered new driver usb-storage USB Mass Storage support registered. Done. Begin: Running /scripts/init-premount ... PCI: enabling device 0000:00:01.0 (0140 -> 0142) ohci_hcd 0000:00:01.0: OHCI Host Controller ohci_hcd 0000:00:01.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1 ohci_hcd 0000:00:01.0: irq 28, io mem 0x48000000 usb usb1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found hub 1-0:1.0: 3 ports detected PCI: enabling device 0000:00:01.1 (0140 -> 0142) ohci_hcd 0000:00:01.1: OHCI Host Controller ohci_hcd 0000:00:01.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2 ohci_hcd 0000:00:01.1: irq 27, io mem 0x48001000 usb usb2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found hub 2-0:1.0: 2 ports detected PCI: enabling device 0000:00:01.2 (0140 -> 0142) ehci_hcd 0000:00:01.2: EHCI Host Controller ehci_hcd 0000:00:01.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3 usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 2 ehci_hcd 0000:00:01.2: irq 26, io mem 0x48002000 ehci_hcd 0000:00:01.2: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00, driver 10 Dec 2004 usb usb3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found hub 3-0:1.0: 5 ports detected Done. Begin: Mounting root file system... ... usb 3-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2 Toony was here Begin: Running /scripts/local-top ... usb 3-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice scsi0 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices usb 3-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3 usb 3-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice scsi1 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices Loading Intel IXP400 ethernet driver Failed to load Intel IXP400 ethernet driver Begin: Loading MD modules ... Success: loaded module raid1. Done. Begin: Assembling MD array /dev/md1 ... md: md1 stopped. mdadm: no devices found for /dev/md1 Failure: failed to start /dev/md1 Done. Done. Begin: Waiting for root file system... ... md: md1 stopped. mdadm: no devices found for /dev/md1 md: md1 stopped. mdadm: no devices found for /dev/md1 md: md1 stopped. mdadm: no devices found for /dev/md1 md: md1 stopped. mdadm: no devices found for /dev/md1 md: md1 stopped. mdadm: no devices found for /dev/md1 md: md1 stopped. mdadm: no devices found for /dev/md1 Vendor: ST350084 Model: 1A Rev: 3.AA Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00 SCSI device sda: 976773168 512-byte hdwr sectors (500108 MB) sda: Write Protect is off sda: assuming drive cache: write through SCSI device sda: 976773168 512-byte hdwr sectors (500108 MB) sda: Write Protect is off sda: assuming drive cache: write through sda:<6>md: md1 stopped. Vendor: ST350084 Model: 1A Rev: 3.AA Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00 SCSI device sdb: 976773168 512-byte hdwr sectors (500108 MB) sdb: Write Protect is off sdb: assuming drive cache: write through SCSI device sdb: 976773168 512-byte hdwr sectors (500108 MB) sdb: Write Protect is off sdb: assuming drive cache: write through sdb:udevd-event[939]: wait_for_sysfs: waiting for '/sys/devices/ pci0000:00/0000:00:01.2/usb3/3-1/3-1:1.0/host0/target0:0:0/0:0:0:0/ ioerr_cnt' failed udevd-event[941]: wait_for_sysfs: waiting for '/sys/devices/ pci0000:00/0000:00:01.2/usb3/3-2/3-2:1.0/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/ ioerr_cnt' failed sda1 sda2 sda3 sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi disk sda sdb1 sdb2 sdb3 sd 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi disk sdb mdadm: no devices found for /dev/md1 md: md1 stopped. md: bind<sda1> md: bind<sdb1> md: kicking non-fresh sda1 from array! md: unbind<sda1> md: export_rdev(sda1) raid1: raid set md1 active with 1 out of 2 mirrors mdadm: /dev/md1 has been started with 1 drive (out of 2). Done. Begin: Running /scripts/local-premount ... Done. kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Begin: Running /scripts/local-bottom ... Done. Done. Begin: Running /scripts/init-bottom ... Done. INIT: version 2.86 booting Starting the hotplug events dispatcher: udevd. Synthesizing the initial hotplug events...done. Waiting for /dev to be fully populated...input: ixp4xx beeper as / class/input/input0 swapped image found Image loaded to NPE-B Func:0, Rel: 2:1, Status: 82c00000 IXP4XX NPE driver Version 0.3.0 initialized IXP4XX Q Manager 0.2.1 initialized. ixp4xx_mac driver 0.3.1: eth0 on NPE-B with PHY[1] initialized done. Starting boot logger: bootlogd. Activating swap...done. Checking root file system...fsck 1.40-WIP (14-Nov-2006) e2fsck 1.40-WIP (14-Nov-2006) /dev/md1: clean, 22911/854784 files, 197904/1708880 blocks done. EXT3 FS on md1, internal journal x1205 0-006f: rtc intf: dev (254:0) Setting the system clock.. Cleaning up ifupdown.... Loading kernel modules...done. Loading device-mapper supportdevice-mapper: ioctl: 4.7.0-ioctl (2006-06-24) initialised: [EMAIL PROTECTED] . md: md2 stopped. md: bind<sda2> md: bind<sdb2> raid1: raid set md2 active with 2 out of 2 mirrors md: md3 stopped. md: bind<sda3> md: bind<sdb3> raid1: raid set md3 active with 2 out of 2 mirrors Assembling MD array md2...done (started [2/2]). Assembling MD array md3...done (started [2/2]). Generating udev events for MD arrays...done. Checking file systems...fsck 1.40-WIP (14-Nov-2006) e2fsck 1.40-WIP (14-Nov-2006) /dev/md3: clean, 87290/60178432 files, 15549888/120354944 blocks done. Setting kernel variables...done. Mounting local filesystems...kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds EXT3 FS on md3, internal journal EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. done. Activating swapfile swap...Adding 128440k swap on /dev/md2. Priority:-1 extents:1 across:128440k done. Setting up networking.... Configuring network interfaces...eth0: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x45E1 done. Starting portmap daemon.... /etc/init.d/rc: line 78: /etc/rcS.d/S70screen-cleanup: Permission denied INIT: Entering runlevel: 2 Starting system log daemon: syslogd. Starting kernel log daemon: klogd. Starting portmap daemon...Already running.. Starting MTA: exim4. Installing knfsd (copyright (C) 1996 [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Exporting directories for NFS kernel daemon...exportfs: /etc/exports [2]: Neither 'subtree_check' or 'no_subtree_check' specified for export "*:/home". Assuming default behaviour ('subtree_check'). NOTE: this default will change with nfs-utils version 1.1.0 . Starting NFS kernel daemon: nfsdNFSD: Using /var/lib/nfs/v4recovery as the NFSv4 state recovery directory NFSD: starting 90-second grace period mountd. Starting internet superserver: inetd. Starting Samba daemons: nmbd smbd. Starting OpenBSD Secure Shell server: sshdNET: Registered protocol family 10 lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling driver . Starting NFS common utilities: statd idmapd. Starting MD monitoring service: mdadm --monitor. Starting deferred execution scheduler: atd. Starting periodic command scheduler: crond. Stopping boot logger: bootlogd. Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 sluggy ttyS0 sluggy login: A more decent fix would read the conf/md.conf file and would use MD_DEVS. Toon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]