I've just tried Herd 5 x86 and hit a similar issue; only this box has no RAID capability.
Setup is: - 1 disk (/dev/sda1) - 1 DVD+RW (/dev/scd0) Attempting to boot from the live CD consistently gives me: udevd-event[2029]: run_program: '/sbin/modprobe' abnormal exit BusyBox v1.1.3 (Debian ... /bin/sh: can't access tty; job control turned off (initramfs) I'll try the 64 bit version and report back -- boot-time race condition initializing md https://launchpad.net/bugs/75681 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs