Lucid Server - Won't Boot from Software RAID

**Antimatter47** · May 6th, 2010

Hello all,

I'm trying to install Lucid server (64 bit) and I'm having trouble getting it to boot from software RAID. The hardware is an old Gateway E-4610D (1.86GHz Core2 Duo, 2GB RAM, 2 500GB HDs).

If I install on a single HD, it works fine, but if I set up RAID1 as described here, the install completes fine, but on reboot this is what I get:

Code:

mount: mounting /dev/disk/by-uuid/***uuid snipped*** on /root failed: Invalid argument
mount: mounting /dev on /root/dev failed: No such file or directory
mount: mounting /sys on /root/sys failed: No such file or directory
mount: mounting /proc on /root/proc failed: No such file or directory
Target filesystem doesn't have /sbin/init.
No init found.  Try passing init= bootarg.

...Followed by a BusyBox prompt. I'm not a complete Linux newbie, but I have absolutely no idea where to go from here.

When I set up the RAID using the ubuntu installer, I created identical main and swap partitions on each of the two drives (all four are set as primary), made sure the bootable flag was on on the two main partitions, then created a RAID1 out of the two main partitions, and another RAID1 out of the two swap partitions.

In searching the forums, I've seen a couple other posts about this same problem, but no solutions yet. Any ideas?

Thanks!

**Stason** · May 6th, 2010

Check this out: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1360445

**Antimatter47** · May 6th, 2010

Originally Posted by Stason

Check this out: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1360445

It looks like this is just about fakeraid. Is it also applicable to regular software RAID?

**Antimatter47** · May 7th, 2010

Anyone?

**c600g** · May 7th, 2010

I was not even able to complete installation, as grub could not install itself.

I posted a message about this a few days ago, and no one responded. Perhaps this bug is applicable?

**morrty11** · May 9th, 2010

Ran into the same issue yesterday. I have two 500GB drives I setup software RAID on and then proceeded to install Ubuntu 10.04 64-bit server. When the install completed and it popped out the CD and rebooted I got the No init found busy box error.