[Bug 191119] Re: Installer corrupts raid drive

[Greg]

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 <psusi at cfl.rr.com> 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/
>
>
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>       Status: Confirmed => Incomplete
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> 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).
>
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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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