Comment 4 for bug 96511

Ok, thanks for those instructions. Unfortunately, I don't believe anything good came of it.

First off, trying to get a normal prompt is more difficult than I originally said; it's probably closer to 1 out of 30 reboots that will get me to a normal login prompt.

Secondly, I assume the busybox shell you refer to in your instructions is the same one I normally(?) get on the other 29/30 reboots. It's followed by the initramfs prompt.

Lastly, re: the mdadm assembly instructions you provide. I tried the assembly before doing anything else just to see what it said. It gives me this:
mdadm: device /dev/md0 already active - cannot assemble it

I get the same thing with md1 and md2 as well. Then (after eventually getting a prompt I could work with) I followed your instructions with grub. This generated the *exact* same mdadm: results as before.

Sort of makes me wonder if I've got a different problem than others are reporting.