Hello,
Beta 3 seems to have major problems handling Linux RAID configs.
I tried to upgrade a Mandrake 7.2 system (Linux RAID configured) to
Beta 3 and the installer failed with an error along the lines of
getlist returned empty list at the HD detection section (please note
this is from memory as I didn't take notes :-])
After taking a backup of the system I then decided to try and perform
a fresh install of Beta 3 on the same machine. Diskdrake fails when it
tries to create the raid array just before formatting should take
place. The error message is simply mkraid: failed.
I have tried many different permutations with no success. Mandrake 7.2
creates the RAID array on the same hardware configuration with no problem
whatsoever so I don't think it's hardware related? For your info my
drive config is as follows:-
5x4Gb Seagate SCSI II drives on an Adaptec 2940 controller
4Gb IDE as Master on Secondary channel
40Mb IDE drive as Master and /boot
PS: After the failure of Linux RAID I had a brief 'play' with setting
up an LVM system and this also failed (although I must admit to
knowing little to nothing about LVM :-])?
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Best regards,
Rob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
