i've got the same message about /dev/sda3 which is the swap (mirrored) on my system.
$ uname -a Linux ubuntuAmd64alt 2.6.20-16-generic #2 SMP Thu Jun 7 19:00:28 UTC 2007 x86_64 GNU/Linux part of menu.lst : title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.20-16-generic root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.20-16-generic root=/dev/mapper/vg01-rootlv ro quiet splash locale=fr_FR initrd /initrd.img-2.6.20-16-generic quiet savedefault part of /etc/fstab (ouch ! not a very clean one :-|) : # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 UUID=d4542a5e-81d5-4d46-88d8-340b839d9fd8 /boot ext3 defaults 0 0 /dev/mapper/vg01-rootlv / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1 /dev/mapper/vg01-homelv /home ext3 defaults 0 2 /dev/mapper/vg01-tmplv /tmp ext3 defaults 0 2 /dev/mapper/vg01-usrlv /usr ext3 defaults 0 2 /dev/mapper/vg01-varlv /var ext3 defaults 0 2 /dev/vg01/optlv /opt ext3 defaults 1 2 UUID=55be2672-97b2-425d-bbe3-b4fede1a200f none swap sw 0 0 /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0 /dev/ /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0 /dev/sdc1 /media/LD auto rw,user,noauto 0 0 But the real problem is that : many times it works ! Thanks for your posts, i'm not alone in the world ;-) -- mdadm : boot failed sometimes, no devices found https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/120504 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs