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Raid and ubuntu 8.10 install/live cd use

Asked by fuzz

Hi I tried the 8.10 livecd just to see if there was any obstacles with my system.

According to http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/intrepid/alpha-3/ the alternate install cd should be used when "LVM and/or RAID partitioning;". Since I already have my software raid-1 I make the logic conclusion: it is not necessary with the alternate install cd in my case since I don't need any partitioning.

When i tried the live cd it couldn't see my raid (/proc/mdstat didn't exists). Is this intended? I think that either it should at least provide the ability to read and write on software raids or the documentation should be changed. Of course I would prefer if it could read/write software raids, since I would be able to use my files to test alpha and beta versions of Ubuntu 8.10. It also makes it possible to use the live cd to restore backups.

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Matt Darcy (matt-darcy) said : 		#1

if you manually load the raid kernel modules I think mdadm is on the cd, so you should be able to start the meta devices with mdadm.

Just make sure the kernel modules are loaded.

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