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[John Evans <bucksteep@xxxxxxxxx>]

This sounds like what I was getting when I first tried to install Ubuntu as
a dual-boot on my VPCZ12. Using the LiveCD, the partition editor (gparted)
couldn't see my NTFS partition until I installed "kpartx" from repositories.

John E.

On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 3:52 PM, Candice Gansen <candice.gansen@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> ...
> I tried both "Basic" and "Specialised" storage.  Using the Specialised
> method, only one entry appeared, BIOS RAID set (stripe) 122110.0MB md127,
> and that was under the "Firmware RAID" tab.  When I selected this entry, I
> got the following message:
> *
> "We could not detect partitions or filesystems on this device.  This could
> be because the device is blank, unpartitioned, or virtual.  If not, there
> may be data on the device that can't be recovered if you use it in this
> installation.  We can remove the device from this installation to protect
> the data."*
>
> I selected the "No, keep any data" option, and I got the following error
> message:
>
> *"Disks sda, sdb contain BIOS RAID metadata, but are not part of any
> recognized BIOS RAID sets.  Ignoring disks sda, sdb."*
>
> I continued with the installation, and got to the disk partitioning setup.
> Here are my results for the following options:
>
> Create Custom Layout: Only option was "Hard Drive," no partitions appeared.
> Shrink Current System: Error Message "No partitions are available to
> resize"
> Replace Linux Systems: Error Message "An unhandled exception has occurred.
> This is likely a bug.." etc.  Error details on pastebin at
> http://pastebin.com/Wrfbgfzv.
>
> I'm not sure what to do with all this info, though; I can't get much from
> the log and error files myself.  Should I file a bug report for this?  Or
> does this sound more like a Vaio-specific issue due to the RAID setup?
>
> Thanks!
> Candice
>
>
> On 04/20/2011 11:13 AM, Adam Huffman wrote:
>
> On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 11:08:44AM -0700, Candice Gansen wrote:
>
>  Hi All,
>
> Has anyone had issues installing Fedora 15 on their Vaio?  I tried
> running the Fedora 15 beta install DVD on my VPCZ1390X, but it
> didn't recognize any of my partitions.  I have several partitions on
> my drive already (NTFS for Windows, ext4 for Ubuntu, swap), but I
> only want to replace the ext4 Ubuntu install.  The Fedora installer,
> however, only shows the entire 128G drive as format "Unknown."  I
> assume it's picking up the RAID because it shows only one 128G drive
> instead of the two 64G drives.
>
> I'm not sure what kind of debug info to post, but any help would be
> greatly appreciated.
>
>
>  Candice,
>
> You can switch to other virtual terminals while running the installer
> i.e. Ctrl-Alt-F2, F3 etc. which have various log files, including
> storage detection.
>
> One question though - did you use "Basic" or "Specialised" storage?  I
> think you will need the latter.
>
> Cheers,
> Adam
>
>
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