Gparted not usable on fakeraid arrays
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community.linuxmint.com |
Invalid
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Undecided
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gparted (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Bug Description
Common to Ubuntu 10.04 and Mint 9, Gparted will not see or perform any functions on Fakeraid arrays. The biggest impediment and the one most a problem is that unless the target partition(s) is pre-formatted with gparted run in an earlier version of the OS the installof 10.04 or Mint 9 will fail. There are work arounds, but, the average user with only cursory knowledge of raid will not be able to cope. Of note, the selection of manual partitioning in the installer will see the existing raid partition and permit installation to one selected as long as you don't try to format it. A note that pertains primarily to the installer is that by selecting advance in step 8 you will be offered the option of installing the grub boot loader to the MBR of the raid, but. despite that an error ensued and I had to proceed with completing the install without a boot loader.
I doubt that the problem exist with gparted itself or dmraid. More likely is that some boot function in the current OS's negates the ability of gparted to see raid drives. Once installed, the interoperability of the current OS's with raids is much improved. The raid partitions are, for example, are seen and easily mounted in nautilus. Needless to say, don't expect do be able to use gparted to modify or create any raid partitions.
affects: | ubuntu → gparted (Ubuntu) |
Changed in community.linuxmint.com: | |
status: | New → Invalid |
Changed in gparted (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
The behavior of gparted in Ubuntu 10.10 alpha 2 continues. At this state, 10.10 cannot be installed unless the target partition(s) is pre-formatted. At the point of formatting the installation will fail.
The bootloader, however will be accepted and installed to the raid drive. The progress message, however, will erroneously state that the bootloader is being installed on sda (a very minor issue considering)?
My conclusions are as previously stated that the problem is with the kernel or boot process since the same version of gparted works fine with earlier Ubuntu versions. Also the interoperability of the 10.10 alpha 2 remains much improved.