Bug#515676: After "dist-upgrade" from etch to lenny the system can no longer assemble and mount mdadm RAID drives

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Package: mdadm
Version: 2.6.7.2-1

Subject: After "dist-upgrade" from etch to lenny the system can no longer assemble and mount mdadm RAID drives


After "dist-upgrade" from etch to lenny the system can no longer assemble and mount mdadm RAID drives under the etch kernel 2.6.26. I still can assemble and mount mdadm RAID drives under the kernel 2.6.18 that I have left over from etch.

When running the upgraded system under kernel 2.6.18, the output of the "/usr/share/bug/mdadm/script" is as follows:

--- mount output
/dev/md2 on / type ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
tmpfs on /lib/init/rw type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=620)
/dev/md1 on /boot type ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro)

--- mdadm.conf
ARRAY /dev/md1 level=raid1 num-devices=3 UUID=bdf8a211:fcf6d2af:d7771298:fac716d3
ARRAY /dev/md2 level=raid5 num-devices=3 UUID=2ed75bfb:aed804cd:7cc7e04b:e56f1452
ARRAY /dev/md3 level=raid5 num-devices=3 UUID=3232181c:698319a1:67aa3321:ae8fa7a3
MAILADDR root

--- /proc/mdstat:
Personalities : [raid0] [raid1] [raid6] [raid5] [raid4] 
md1 : active raid1 sda1[0] sdc1[2] sdb1[1]
      40064 blocks [3/3] [UUU]
      
md2 : active raid5 sda2[0] sdc2[2] sdb2[1]
      486351616 blocks level 5, 64k chunk, algorithm 2 [3/3] [UUU]
      
md3 : active raid5 sda3[0] sdc3[2] sdb3[1]
      1959680 blocks level 5, 64k chunk, algorithm 2 [3/3] [UUU]
      
unused devices: <none>

--- /proc/partitions:
major minor  #blocks  name

   8     0  244197527 sda
   8     1      40131 sda1
   8     2  243175905 sda2
   8     3     979965 sda3
   8    16  244198584 sdb
   8    17      40131 sdb1
   8    18  243175905 sdb2
   8    19     979965 sdb3
   8    32  244198584 sdc
   8    33      40131 sdc1
   8    34  243175905 sdc2
   8    35     979965 sdc3
   9     3    1959680 md3
   9     2  486351616 md2
   9     1      40064 md1

--- initrd.img-2.6.18-6-686:

gzip: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.18-6-686: not in gzip format
cpio: premature end of archive


This issue was discussed at some length at http://groups.google.com/group/linux.debian.user/browse_thread/thread/b97fd9b0a450370f#

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