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[Nacho <nacho.mg@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi

On 15/09/10 18:29, Jean-Francois Mathiot wrote:
> > >  2) disabled the RAID feature from the BIOS (install raid software or
> > >  lvm...or nothing :-) )
> >
> >  You can use Raid-0. I've used the ubuntu 10.04 server install CD with dmraid
> >  support and all went pretty well (just had to replace grub2 with grub1 [1])
> >  and then "upgrade" to desktop installing ubuntu-desktop metapackage and some
> >  more stuff.
> Also did that (Advanced CD fro RAID then Desktop version), but Grub2 is working
> fine with RAID module. Why did you have to replace it with grub1 ?

I had problems installing grub2 having /boot in a raid-0, that's why I 
used grub-legacy (v1.x).

> >  [1]
> >  https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FakeRaidHowto#Live%20CD%20Installation%20%28Ubiquity%20graphical%20installer%29
> >
> >
> >
> > >  3) update grub to add the i8042.nopnp option (mouse + keyboard issue)
> >
> >  right. And "i8042.reset i8042.nomux i8042.noloop" look to help to achieve
> >  stability.
> Cool, I missed these, thanks Nacho ! Mouse+keyboard are not very stable when
> wake up after hibernation. I'll try that.

in my case hibernation and suspend is fine with nvidia, but quite buggy 
with intel (using actual patches for kernel). Any other experiences 
would be appreciated ;)



regards


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