I have a pair of debdiffs which will be posted in the following two messages. One for mdadm, and a second for initramfs-tools.
The mdadm patch supports an optional kernel parameter, which can be any of: * bootdegraded * bootdegraded=true * bootdegraded=yes * bootdegrade=1 If a RAID device containing the root filesystem fails to start, the mdadm failure hooks will eventually run. When they do, the kernel command line will be checked for a valid 'bootdegraded' flag. If it is set affirmatively, it will run: * mdadm --assemble --scan --run which will attempt to start the array in a degraded mode. I have also changed the printed error message to direct the user to use "bootdegraded=true". ---- For the failure hooks to execute before the init scripts bail out, I have a patch to initramfs-tools. Here, I split out the mountroot-fail.hooks code to its own independently callable function, call_failure_hooks(). And the panic() function conditionally invokes call_failure_hooks(). Furthermore, the local script invokes the call_failure_hooks() function *before* it gives up on finding the root device. I have packages available for testing in my PPA. * https://launchpad.net/~kirkland/+archive :-Dustin -- cannot boot raid1 with only one disk https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/120375 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
