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[Heikki Wilenius <heikki.wilenius@xxxxxx>]

The ubuntu alternate 64-bit install cd (at least with 10.10) asked
whether you want to enable RAID support at the beginning of the
install process. I answered yes, and like Rutger, had no problems at
all.

Cheers,
Heikki

On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 7:20 PM, Rutger Hendriks
<rutgerhendriks@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I had similar problems with the desktop cd. Using the alternate cd worked
> like a charm.
> Grub should be installed to /dev /mapper/xxxVolumep0 or similar.
>
> Op 3 mei 2011 18:15 schreef "Yair Sela" <yairsela@xxxxxxxxx> het volgende:
>> Hello guys,
>>
>> After digging our threads and tons of online forums, I've decided to ask
>> for
>> help/suggestions myself;
>>
>> My laptop (Z139GG) has 8GB RAM, 4x64GB SSD drive and i7-640 CPU, running
>> Windows 7 64bit.
>>
>> I have downloaded the 64bit desktop image for Natty (11.04), shrinked my
>> main partition by 10 GB and rebooted from the LiveCD.
>>
>> Installer loaded well (was surprised graphics and even touchpad wotked
>> straight off) - I have created 2 logical ext4 partitions - 8GB for root, 2
>> GB for /home and hit 'Forward' (on the checkbox below I chose /dev/sda for
>> GRUB). Installer finished copying files and then asked to restart. I
>> removed the CD, rebooted. and got thrown to grub rescue mode, with an
>> error
>> of "cannot find ...........".
>>
>> I fixed my MBR using Windows 7 setup disk, and rebooted to windows,
>> deleted
>> the logical partitions the installer created and rebooted again with the
>> LiveCD.
>>
>> This time I created the extended space, and logical drives with GParted
>> (formatted them ext4 too), and clicked install right after that - this
>> time
>> installer ran all the way but just at the end (GRUB setup part) gave me an
>> error saying GRUB could not set itself on /dev/sda. I was given me a combo
>> with all other partitions shown, but the "OK" button did not respond for
>> any other option I tried..
>>
>> Bottom line - I've freed up space on my HD, cannot make GRUB work well,
>> unable to install.
>>
>> 1) Have I missed any special steps necessary in order to help GRUB
>> identify
>> my root partition (considering the fact I've got RAID0 on my SSD drive)?
>> 2) Should I try running the installer again from the Alternate version?
>> 3) Is Adam's kernel patch still necessary on 11.04?
>> 4) Should I install GRUB on my "/" partition and chain it with a different
>> boot manager?
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>> --
>> *
>> ___________________________________
>> Yair Sela*
>> *Computer Science division, TAU
>> *
>
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