Bug#726237: [mdadm]

[Michael Tokarev]

Control: tag -1 + confirmed

13.10.2013 21:32, Antonio De Luci - imu wrote:
> Package: mdadm
> Version: 3.3-1
> Severity: critical
>
> After upgrade "mdadm" at version 3.3-1 my system stop the boot. This on
> kernels "linux-image-3.10-3-rt-amd64, linux-image-3.10-3-amd64 and
> actually linux-image-3.11-trunk-amd64"
> Fortunately I was able to boot from my spare kernel
> "linux-image-3.10-2-amd64". The problem is as follows discovered by
> starting the kernel in recovery mode:
> (Of course the prompt arrays have all been assembled)
>
> Begin: Waiting for root file system ..... done.
> Gave up waiting for root device. Common problem:
> - Boot args (cat / proc / cmdline)
>    - Check rootdelay = (did the system wait long enough?)
>    - Check root = (did the system wait for the device rigth?)
> - Missing modules (cat / proc / modules; ls / dev)
> ALERT! / dev/disk/by-uuid/76d52286-3fe2-4aaa-be34-8ff329666930 does not
> exist

Yes indeed, I see the problem here.  The arrays are assembled
indeed, but no links in /dev/disk/by-*/ are created for them.
I'm not sure how this slipped my testing - I swear I tested
the new package, but now it fails on me too.

I'm debugging this.

Thanks,

/mjt