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<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">Version: 3.3.2-5
This version of mdadm will not boot a degraded RAID1 array with a missing disk.
When booting under the above circumstances, I am dropped to a busybox shell with disk not found message.
I have confirmed this on physical and virtual machines.
This bug appears to be happening to other people. For example:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=1271945">http://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=1271945</a>
The wheezy version (3.2.5-5) will boot under these circumstances. Manually installing the wheezy version in Jessie results in creation of a bootable initrd (and successful boot up).
This is a severe error for my usage (being inaccessible hosts with RAID1 disks).
Let me know if I can provide additional information.
Damien
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