disk detection is real slow with some hardware (timout shell drops)
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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initramfs-tools (Ubuntu) |
Won't Fix
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
linux (Ubuntu) |
Expired
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
mdadm (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
|
Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
mountall (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
|
Wishlist
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
I have installed Intrepid server i386 beta on a Dell PowerEdge 600SC. Everything seemed to install fine but upon boot it always drops into the BusyBox shell. The RAID is *not* degraded. At the BusyBox prompt if I type 'exit' it will proceed to boot normally and both RAID1 drives show healthy with all members. I have tried the install twice.
This has shown to be a timeout issue with slow hardware.
* initramfs: Default rootdelay may need to be larger and event driven upstart used.
* linux: The long delay may have its cause here.
* mdadm: As RAIDs may take minutes until they come up, but regular ones are quick, this should be handled nicely:
* This functionality is similar to and could most easily be added with upstart events (the temporary tool) mountall:
"NOTICE: /dev/mdX required for the root filesystem didn't get up within the last 10 seconds.
We continue to wait up to a total of xxx seconds complying to the ATA spec
before attempting to start the array degraded.
(You can lower this timeout by setting the rootdelay= parameter.)
<countdown> seconds to go.
Press [ESC] to stop waiting and to enter a rescue shell.
description: | updated |
Changed in mountall (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
status: | New → Triaged |
tags: | added: review-request |
Michael-
Can you also: tools/conf. d/mdadm
$ cat /etc/initramfs-
and post here.
:-Dustin