[Bug 872220] Re: Fails to boot when there's problems with softraid

[Mathias Burén]

I updated the kernel on my 32-bit 12.10 setup, just to find out that it
won't boot due to the symptoms described in this bug report. I tried
compiling my own 3.8.5 from kernel.org, but the results are the same. I
can't use the keyboard, even though kernel messages are displayed about
USB keyboard HID when I re-plug the keyboard. bootdegraded=true only
drops me to initramfs, not exactly helpful.

My array is not degraded, so I'm not sure what this is about.

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Title:
  Fails to boot when there's problems with softraid

Status in “mdadm” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Ubuntu 11.10 has a new feature that it warns you while booting if
  there's a program with the softraid.

  It tells you that a hard disk in the softraid is missing, then asks,
  on the console:

  Continue to boot? y/N

  But it ignores all keypresses. After 5 seconds or so it then times
  out, falls to the default "N" option, and dumps you to a emergency
  bash prompt, with no indication on how to proceed.

  The feature is a good idea, but not in the current broken state.

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