I redid the install with root of software raid and no LVM and it worked fine, so my problem seems LVM-related.That sounds to me like that the expections were lowered, I think it is a pity to settle for less.
Nope, it was just a test server to be reinstalled some more times and I decided to pinpoint the problem more excatly. It doesn't look like a mdadm problem at first glance since raid was recoginzed and even lvm mostly initialzed on top of it. But initramfs-tools might well be the culprit.
* [27 Jul 06] Root on software raid installs are broken in testing; you need the initramfs-tools and mdadm packages from unstable to boot.are 'testing' and 'unstable'. They are code words for versions. 'testings' means "available for some while and 'unstable' means "each day could have a newer version". ( the 'unstable' factor is the rapid change in next version ) In other words: 'unstable' is newer then 'testing'. The lines should be read as "use the version from unstable"
Well, the installation was not in a state to try them yet, but I might try it with a rescue mode installcd. First I thought you meant to try sid d-i but it's even older, 28 Jul - would it by chance contain the newer initramfs-tools and mdadm?
-- Meelis Roos (mroos@linux.ee)