Is that an option now? The installer didn't let me install to the raid array before and I have been reluctant to try again since it screwed things up so badly before.
-- Greg On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 10:53 AM, Phillip Susi <[email protected]> wrote: > Correct me of I'm wrong, but it sounds like this problem begins with > choosing to install Ubuntu to one of the individual disks comprising the > raid array, instead of to the array as a whole. If that is the case, > that is user error, not a bug. > > If that is not the case, please reproduce this, and then attach the > generated data from running the boot info script here: > > http://sourceforge.net/projects/bootinfoscript/ > > > ** Changed in: parted (Ubuntu) > Status: Confirmed => Incomplete > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/191119 > > Title: > Installer corrupts raid drive > > Status in “parted” package in Ubuntu: > Incomplete > > Bug description: > Boot from standard 8.04 Desktop CD. > Run installer, select default language, keyboard to get to Partitioner. > Select Manual install > Note that raid drives from booting windows are listed separately. > Select partition on alternate, non raid, drive to install Ubuntu on. > Edit partition and set mount point to "/" > Set login, computer name, etc. and install. > Reboot computer. > Note that BIOS now shows first drive as not a raid member. > Run Windows. > Note that software needs to rebuild RAID 1 mirror. > Reboot computer. > Note that BIOS shows first drive as valid raid member again. > > The problem I have is that because Ubuntu doesn't recognize the RAID > drives, it corrupts one of them when it installs the default boot > loader. To even figure out that the installer is doing this I need to > look in the advanced settings. > > It would help to have a complete list of all disk operations that will > be performed (and the affected drives or partitions) clearly shown on > the the final Ready to Install screen. > > Another solution would be for Ubuntu to better support the Intel ICH9R > controller that I happen to be using, but I think that is only a > partial solution because the next software raid system that Intel > comes up with might not be supported (and I think that adding better > support for Intel raid is already on the wishlist). > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/parted/+bug/191119/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/191119 Title: Installer corrupts raid drive To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/parted/+bug/191119/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
