mdadm: Failed to assemble all arrays

[martin f krafft]

also sprach David Andel <andel at ifi.uzh.ch> [2010.03.04.2312 +0100]:
> (initramfs) mount /dev/md0 /boot
> mount: mounting /dev/md0 on /boot/ failed: No such file or directory

/root/boot, and you want to mount the root filesystem only, not
/boot. So instead of /dev/md0, assemble /dev/md1 or wherever your
/ partition lives. Then mount it on /root.

It might help to add break=mountroot to the kernel boot line, then
you can simply assemble the RAID needed for the root filesystem and
then exit the shell — the boot will continue.

> It also is interesting that there are no /dev/mdx devices there after that
> halfway boot and also no /boot directory.
> However, the system must have assembled and read the array consisting of
> /dev/sd[ab]1 since the kernel is living there...

That's grub, not linux.

> How can I investigate further?

Bring the machine up and inspect the initramfs.

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