Comment 8 for bug 72897

Please look in to the latest Ubuntu, it does not install to an
existing RAID, I have started working and it has been 2 months since I
broke my system. I do not have time to file a bug report, as I work
for 14-16hrs a day as an accountant with a 2 hours commute.

The bootloader doesn't install to a non-raid partition. I am not sure
if the new release can read the initrd file and then the boot image
from the raid.

This problem with the bootloader has affected me me since the 2nd
release of Ubuntu and I have basically had it with Ubuntu because of
it. I just want to save my data now and put it on a mobile disk as I
am never home anyway.

To reproduce the bug install on to a raid then reinstall on to the
raid without formatting, just remove the the non-root non-home
directories and go for it.
My /boot is a separate 1G partition.
/target is the raid.

On 7/28/08, Colin Watson <email address hidden> wrote:
> In Ubuntu 8.04, you can choose not to format the target partition; if
> you do that, the installer will prompt you for confirmation, and if you
> tell it to carry on it will remove various directories liable to clash
> with the new install. (For the moment it will remove /var; we might want
> to be a little more fine-grained in future. Still, it fulfils the basic
> request of this bug report.)
>
> https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/ubiquity-preserve-home
>
> ** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
> Status: Confirmed => Fix Released
>
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> Unable to install without format
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/72897
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