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

[Andreas Wuttke]

Please fix at least the default behavior. The system must start up with a degraded raid whenever possible without the need to answer questions during system startup. 
As mentioned above several times the current implementation doesn't work and compromises the good impression the Ubuntu Server edition gave so far.

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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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