Re: linux-image-3.10-3-amd64 unbootable: /dev/disk/by-uuid not created

[Jesse Molina <jesse@opendreams.net>]

As previously noted, this was a bug in mdadm and has already been fixed 
in the current version.  Just update your mdadm package and then 
re-build your initramfs file with the "update-initramfs" command.  Be 
sure to read the manpage for that command.  Probably "update-initramfs 
-u" alone will fix your problem.

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=726237

This problem never had anything to do with the linux-image package. It 
was actually just a bad mdadm udev rule file.  It just happened to me 
when I updated my kernel, since it generated a new initramfs file to go 
along with it.



On 10/17/13 7:54 AM, Jogi Hofmüller wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> We ran into the same (or a similar) problem yesterday and could not fix
> it until now.  The machine in question was setup using wheezy and then
> upgraded to jessie.  Since the only kernel 3.2 will boot, anything else
> fails.
>
> The setup is as follows:
>
> * one raid10
> * lvm lvs for / /boot
>
> /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf is present in the initramfs.
>
> As reported by others the boot process drops into initramfs shell
> complaining about not finding /dev/vg0/rootfs.  The array is never
> assembled, hence no pv, vg, lv ...
>
> We tried linux-image-3.10-2-amd64 and linux-image-3.10-3-amd64.  mdadm
> is 3.2.5-5.
>
> Cheers!
>
> PS:  Please include my address in your reply since I am not subscribed
> to the list.  Thanx.