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[Mark Kirkwood <311637@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I suspect this bug has aged out of existence now...bit disappointing to
see now *actual* updates to reflect progress mind you.

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Title:
  dmraid enabled on install target even if disabled during installation

Status in initramfs-tools package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: initramfs-tools

  The Ubuntu version is 8.10 Server x86 (no updates, directly from the cd)
  The hardware is Supermicro P3TDER with Promise TX4000 fake raid card.

  I'm using software (md) raid, so *disable* SATA/fake raid during the
  install. However on 1st boot of the newly installed system dmraid is
  enabled - so it steals drives that the md arrays want to use, thus
  making the system ubootable (/ is on a raid0 array). Note these cards
  need you to define at least one fake array otherwise the BIOS cannot
  boot the system (so having no fake arrays is unfortunately not
  possible).

  I worked around this by booting off the cd and choosing "rescue broken
  system", then removing the dmraid package (possibly a bit clumsy, but
  it worked).

  I think the system should configure the boot ramfs to *not* use dmraid
  if you have disabled it during the install.

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