Nathaniel, What you described is exactly what I have also been experiencing. If I called dmraid it then activated the partition, but it seemed every time I went through he process, it un-activated the dmpartion.
So as a "fix" I tried to install directly to my disk not using my mapper device, but this did not work either. Syslog error I got was: ... May 4 03:11:36 ubuntu kernel: [ 976.555661] end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 268435416 May 4 03:11:36 ubuntu kernel: [ 976.555695] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Unhandled error code May 4 03:11:36 ubuntu kernel: [ 976.555697] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Result: hostbyte=DID_BAD_TARGET driverbyte=DRIVER_OK May 4 03:11:36 ubuntu kernel: [ 976.555699] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] CDB: Read(10): 28 00 57 54 66 e8 00 00 08 00 May 4 03:11:36 ubuntu kernel: [ 976.555712] end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 1465149160 May 4 03:11:36 ubuntu kernel: [ 976.555747] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Unhandled error code May 4 03:11:36 ubuntu kernel: [ 976.555749] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Result: hostbyte=DID_BAD_TARGET driverbyte=DRIVER_OK May 4 03:11:36 ubuntu kernel: [ 976.555751] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] CDB: Read(10): 28 00 57 54 66 e8 00 00 08 00 May 4 03:11:36 ubuntu kernel: [ 976.555757] end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 1465149160 May 4 03:11:36 ubuntu ubiquity: ERROR: asr: reading /dev/sdb[Input/output error] May 4 03:11:36 ubuntu ubiquity: ERROR: ddf1: reading /dev/sdb[Input/output error] May 4 03:11:36 ubuntu ubiquity: ERROR: ddf1: reading /dev/sdb[Input/output error] May 4 03:11:36 ubuntu ubiquity: ERROR: hpt37x: reading /dev/sdb[Input/output error] May 4 03:11:36 ubuntu ubiquity: ERROR: hpt45x: reading /dev/sdb[Input/output error] May 4 03:11:36 ubuntu ubiquity: ERROR: isw: reading /dev/sdb[Input/output error] May 4 03:11:36 ubuntu ubiquity: last message repeated 2 times May 4 03:11:36 ubuntu ubiquity: ERROR: jmicron: reading /dev/sdb[Input/output error] May 4 03:11:36 ubuntu ubiquity: ERROR: lsi: reading /dev/sdb[Input/output error] May 4 03:11:36 ubuntu ubiquity: ERROR: nvidia: reading /dev/sdb[Input/output error] May 4 03:11:36 ubuntu ubiquity: ERROR: pdc: reading /dev/sdb[Input/output error] May 4 03:11:36 ubuntu ubiquity: last message repeated 48 times May 4 03:11:36 ubuntu ubiquity: ERROR: sil: reading /dev/sdb[Input/output error] May 4 03:11:36 ubuntu ubiquity: ERROR: via: reading /dev/sdb[Input/output error] May 4 03:11:36 ubuntu kernel: [ 976.575038] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Unhandled error code May 4 03:11:36 ubuntu kernel: [ 976.575040] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Result: hostbyte=DID_BAD_TARGET driverbyte=DRIVER_OK May 4 03:11:36 ubuntu kernel: [ 976.575043] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] CDB: Read(10): 28 00 57 54 66 e8 00 00 08 00 May 4 03:11:36 ubuntu kernel: [ 976.575050] end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 1465149160 May 4 03:11:36 ubuntu kernel: [ 976.575096] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Unhandled error code May 4 03:11:36 ubuntu kernel: [ 976.575098] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Result: hostbyte=DID_BAD_TARGET driverbyte=DRIVER_OK May 4 03:11:36 ubuntu kernel: [ 976.575110] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] CDB: Read(10): 28 00 57 54 66 e8 00 00 08 00 May 4 03:11:36 ubuntu kernel: [ 976.575116] end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 1465149160 ... Matt -- Ubuntu 10.04 can't create partition on fakeraid https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/568050 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
