10.10 beta install - software RAID on Dell Alienware - install attempts to install boot loader to wrong place

[Alex davies]

When installing onto a Dell ALienware machine with 2x Samsung SSDs and what I think is software RAID, the kernel recognises this device as

/dev/mapper/isw_cachegcdddg_ARRAY0

It correctly allows you to create partitions on this array (e.g. /dev/mapper/isw_cachegcdddg_ARRAY01, /dev/mapper/isw_cachegcdddg_ARRAY02 etc.).

However, by default it installs the bootloader to /dev/sda rather than to the root of the array (/dev/mapper/isw_cachegcdddg_ARRAY0). Changing to /dev/mapper/isw_cachegcdddg_ARRAY0 causes the install to work correctly, but this should probably be the default.

On initial boot, in tty1, there is the attached error displayed, I am not sure if this is relevant. Apologies for poor quality.

[Shimi Chen (shimi-chen)]

Does this still happen with the final release of 10.10 or 11.04?

[Alex davies (alex-davz)]

Gave up trying this, please close bug. Thanks for your reply!

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