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Operating Systems Linux Ubuntu Ubuntu desktop RAID1 boot problem. Post 302977231 by Reol on Thursday 14th of July 2016 04:57:55 PM

07-14-2016

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Finally got the RAID1 working.

Hi, just let you know and if someone stumbles in same problem i was able to fix the problem by following measures:

So firstly in busybox i was able to boot while degraded by entering these commands.

Code:

 
(initramfs): mdadm --run /dev/md0
(initramfs): mdadm --run /dev/md1
(initramfs): exit

And to automate the boot when degraded by creating a file /usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/local-top/mdadm adding the following to the file:

Code:

patch --verbose --ignore-whitespace <<'EndOfPatch'
--- mdadm
+++ mdadm
@@ -76,7 +76,15 @@
   if $MDADM --assemble --scan --run --auto=yes${extra_args:+ $extra_args}; then
     verbose && log_success_msg "assembled all arrays."
   else
-    log_failure_msg "failed to assemble all arrays."
+    log_warning_msg "failed to assemble all arrays...attempting individual starts"
+    for dev in $(cat /proc/mdstat | grep md | cut -d ' ' -f 1); do
+      log_begin_msg "attempting mdadm --run $dev"
+      if $MDADM --run $dev; then
+        verbose && log_success_msg "started $dev"
+      else
+        log_failure_msg "failed to start $dev"
+      fi
+    done
   fi
   verbose && log_end_msg

EndOfPatch

Then update initrafms with command:
update-initramfs -u

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DRACUT-SHUTDOWN.S(8)						      dracut						      DRACUT-SHUTDOWN.S(8)

NAME

       dracut-shutdown.service - unpack the initramfs to /run/initramfs

SYNOPSIS

       dracut-shutdown.service

DESCRIPTION

       This service unpacks the initramfs image to /run/initramfs. systemd pivots into /run/initramfs at shutdown, so the root filesytem can be
       safely unmounted.

       The following steps are executed during a shutdown:

       o   systemd switches to the shutdown.target

       o   systemd starts /lib/systemd/system/shutdown.target.wants/dracut-shutdown.service

       o   dracut-shutdown.service executes /usr/lib/dracut/dracut-initramfs-restore which unpacks the initramfs to /run/initramfs

       o   systemd finishes shutdown.target

       o   systemd kills all processes

       o   systemd tries to unmount everything and mounts the remaining read-only

       o   systemd checks, if there is a /run/initramfs/shutdown executable

       o   if yes, it does a pivot_root to /run/initramfs and executes ./shutdown. The old root is then mounted on /oldroot.
	   /usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/99shutdown/shutdown.sh is the shutdown executable.

       o   shutdown will try to umount every /oldroot mount and calls the various shutdown hooks from the dracut modules

       This ensures, that all devices are disassembled and unmounted cleanly.

       To debug the shutdown process, you can get a shell in the shutdown procedure by injecting "rd.break=pre-shutdown rd.shell" or
       "rd.break=shutdown rd.shell".

	   # mkdir -p /run/initramfs/etc/cmdline.d
	   # echo "rd.break=pre-shutdown rd.shell" > /run/initramfs/etc/cmdline.d/debug.conf
	   # touch /run/initramfs/.need_shutdown

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