automounting raid array drops to initramfs not boot drive

[JD]

On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 4:22 PM, Tom Sparks <tom_a_sparks at yahoo.com.au>wrote:

> 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
>

FWIW,
Tom, can you please add to that fstab entry  the fstype (such as
ext2 or ext3 or ext4 or vfs or whatever it is)  just before defaults
and see if that solves the problem?

If it does, please let the list know.
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