automounting raid array drops to initramfs not boot drive

[Tom Sparks]

I am attempting to make my raid array[1] automounting
but I get the initramfs prompt when I have the drives plugged-in


this what I see on screen when I boot/reboot the system

1. the bios screen
2. the grubs screen
3. the ubunut splash screen
4. the initramfs prompt

if I unplug the drives and reboot I get "press s to skip mounting" message
I press s and plug-in the drives
I am able to mount the array in ubuntu


/dev/fstab trimmed

"
/dev/md0p1 /media/disk defaults 0 1
"

I've searched google and have not found any thing the look remotely the same

PS: I am using ubuntu 12.04 LTS


[1] two 2tb usb hard drives RAID level 1,  multimedia data and related databases
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