If you are using RAID 5, then removing a single drive will not keep the RAID from running (the RAID just assumes the drive failed). If you are trying to install to the non-raid drive, you might try removing the cable from your raid controller, so only the non-raid drive is detected.
Joeb On Tue, 2002-11-19 at 16:16, ddc_prueba wrote: > I'm fordwarding this message again to the list because I did not get any > answer I wanted to give it another try to see if anyone can help me... > > I found something more: I removed (phisically) the hardisk containing > the root partition of the raid mdk so the installation program could not > access to it by no mean and would only see the non-raid mdk OS, but it > said that it cannot find a root partition to upgrade, even thought it > boots correctly (full X+kde/gnome) with the non-raid mdk. !!!!!???? > > Anything before going mad and formating all the drives??? Thanx. > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > From: ddc_prueba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [expert] Select wich partition upgrade qhen installing to MDK 9.0 > Date: 17 Nov 2002 17:23:23 +0100 > > As I'm having torubles to update a MDK 8.2 to 9.0 because of raid 0 (the > provided Mandrake patch on the errata page does not suit me), I have > made a complete copy of the system in other spare partitions but without > raid and changed fstab and deleted raidtab to make it bootable and > workable (it is 100% functional by now). > > The problem is that when I use mandrake installation CD's and select > 'upgrade', it assumes the OS partition to upgrade is the one with raid > instead of the 'new' one. How can I force the system to choose the other > OS or at least ask me before? > > Any hint will be wellcomed. Thanx in advance. -- Joseph Braddock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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