Public bug reported:
Common to Ubuntu 10.04 and Mint 9, Gparted will not see or perform any
functions on Fakeraid arrays. The biggest impediment and the one most a
problem is that unless the target partition(s) is pre-formatted with
gparted run in an earlier version of the OS the installof 10.04 or Mint
9 will fail. There are work arounds, but, the average user with only
cursory knowledge of raid will not be able to cope. Of note, the
selection of manual partitioning in the installer will see the existing
raid partition and permit installation to one selected as long as you
don't try to format it. A note that pertains primarily to the installer
is that by selecting advance in step 8 you will be offered the option of
installing the grub boot loader to the MBR of the raid, but. despite
that an error ensued and I had to proceed with completing the install
without a boot loader.
I doubt that the problem exist with gparted itself or dmraid. More
likely is that some boot function in the current OS's negates the
ability of gparted to see raid drives. Once installed, the
interoperability of the current OS's with raids is much improved. The
raid partitions are, for example, are seen and easily mounted in
nautilus. Needless to say, don't expect do be able to use gparted to
modify or create any raid partitions.
** Affects: community.linuxmint.com
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Affects: ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Also affects: ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Gparted not usable on fakeraid arrays
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/600729
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