[mythtv-users] HELP! I want my mythtv!

Hika van den Hoven hikavdh at gmail.com
Sat Apr 12 22:26:47 UTC 2014


Hoi Hika,

Sunday, April 13, 2014, 12:21:12 AM, you wrote:

> Hoi Joseph,

> Sunday, April 13, 2014, 12:03:59 AM, you wrote:

>> I am running a mythbuntu 12.04 install on a FE/BE box. I am using a 500
>> gig system drive and then setup a striped raid with mdadm using two 2tb
>> drives - all sata. Well, One of my raid drives finally died and I have
>> replaced it physically only. My problem is that I cannot get mythbuntu
>> to boot. It keeps booting to the busybox initram prompt no matter what I
>> do.

>> I get the normal prompt to bypass the raid mounting and I have tried 
>> selecting either Y or N and I still get to the busybox initram prompt.

>> Drive /dev/sda shows fine in checking the the smart data. Short test ran
>> fine. Drive also mounted just fine in test box with hot swap bays.

>> My thinking is that because the raid I use for storage of recordings is
>> not available mythbuntu just pukes and goes to the busybox initram 
>> prompt no matter what.

>> I would like to recover this and not have to do a complete reinstall. 
>> Frankly, I didnt like mythbuntu because of network issues after updates
>> caused me fits. I used to use fedora for my mythtv but didnt like the 
>> constant upgrading.

>> Any help on how you would recover this?

>> Joseph

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> Give some more info about what it says it fails at.
> Also to disable the raid start remark the relevant lines in
> /etc/mdadm.conf. Also remark out the relevant lines in your
> /etc/fstab so it won't try to mount absent volumes.

> Tot mails,
>   Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com

Also if you don't have your /usr on a separate volume try booting
without initramdrive. It might contain the old version of the two
above mentioned files. You then have to rebuild your initramfile.


Tot mails,
  Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com

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