Bug#386468: mdadm: cannot mount root filesystem after upgrade (system unbootable)

[martin f krafft]

retitle 386468 initramfs creation from chroot renders system unbootable
thanks

also sprach martin f krafft <madduck at debian.org> [2006.09.08.1011 +0200]:
> That's because you cannot just mount to /.
> 
> What do you have in your grub configuration as the root= parameter?

I think it's all due to your chroot. What happens is that mdadm
decides that /dev/md3 (which probably is your stable root
filesystem) holds the root filesystem, so it decides to bring it up
during boot. Your grub configuration, however, is expecting
/dev/md2...

What happens if you change the INITRDSTART parameter in
/etc/default/mdadm to /dev/md2 (in the testing chroot) and run

  update-initramfs -u -k all

?

Can you then boot?

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