Bug#710119: initramfs-tools: Installation with dmraid randomly fails to boot

[Quentin Lefebvre <qlefebvre_pro@yahoo.com>]

Package: initramfs-tools
Version: 0.109.1
Severity: grave

Dear Maintainer,

I found this bug described very well in bug #699437, but as the author of the bug, I strongly believe that the bug is related to initramfs-tools.
My RAID controller is a Silicon Image SiI 3112A SATARaid, configured in RAID1.
I strongly encourage you to read the previously mentionned bug report.

Basically, my box randomly fails to boot (meaning that sometimes it succeds) on my RAID partition, with the exact same screen as in the bug #688437.

I tried to add a rootdelay=5 option, which didn't change anything.

I'm not completely sure about that, but it seems that the bug only occurs with kernel 3.2 and not with kernel 2.6.

A patch to handle dmraid better would be most appreciated.

Best regards,
Quentin Lefebvre


-- /proc/cmdline
BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.2.0-4-686-pae root=UUID=... ro dmraid=true quiet

-- /etc/kernel-img.conf
# Kernel image management overrides
# See kernel-img.conf(5) for details
do_symlinks = yes
do_bootloader = no
do_initrd = yes
link_in_boot = no

-- /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf
MODULES=most
BUSYBOX=y
KEYMAP=n
COMPRESS=gzip
DEVICE=
NFSROOT=auto

-- /etc/initramfs-tools/update-initramfs.conf
update_initramfs=yes
backup_initramfs=no

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 7.0
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386

Versions of packages initramfs-tools depends on:
ii  cpio               2.11+dfsg-0.1
ii  klibc-utils        2.0.1-3.1
ii  kmod               9-3
ii  module-init-tools  9-3
ii  udev               175-7.2

Versions of packages initramfs-tools recommends:
ii  busybox  1:1.20.0-7

Versions of packages initramfs-tools suggests:
ii  bash-completion  1:2.0-1

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