Comment 25 for bug 191119

Thank you, I will try it again.

   -- Greg

On Sat, Dec 10, 2011 at 9:06 AM, Phillip Susi <email address hidden> wrote:

> Yes, it has been at least as far back as 9.04, I thought all the way
> back to 8.04, but I could be mistaken.
>
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> Title:
> Installer corrupts raid drive
>
> Status in “parted” package in Ubuntu:
> Expired
>
> 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).
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