Are "normal" replies possible from the digest? Seems better to disable digest than get these messes. > -----Original Message----- > From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org > [mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org]On Behalf Of gk > Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 7:06 AM > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Subject: [tclug-list] RAID wit GRUB2 > > > On Sun, 2011-10-02 at 23:13 -0500, tclug-list-request at mn-linux.org > wrote: > > Send tclug-list mailing list submissions to > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > > tclug-list-request at mn-linux.org > > > > You can reach the person managing the list at > > tclug-list-owner at mn-linux.org > > > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > > than "Re: Contents of tclug-list digest..." > > > > > > Today's Topics: > > > > 1. Re: tclug-list Digest, Vol 82, Issue 2 (gk) > > 2. Re: can't make partition bootable with in Ubuntu 10.10 > > Alternate install (Mike Miller) > > 3. Re: can't make partition bootable with in Ubuntu 10.10 > > Alternate install (Mike Miller) > > 4. Re: can't make partition bootable with in Ubuntu 10.10 > > Alternate install (kelly) > > 5. Re: can't make partition bootable with in Ubuntu 10.10 > > Alternate install [SOLVED] (Mike Miller) > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Sun, 02 Oct 2011 12:01:50 -0500 > > From: gk <gm5729 at gmail.com> > > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > Subject: Re: [tclug-list] tclug-list Digest, Vol 82, Issue 2 > > Message-ID: <1317574910.13897.4.camel at localhost> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > > > On Sun, 2011-10-02 at 12:00 -0500, tclug-list-request at mn-linux.org > > wrote: > > > Send tclug-list mailing list submissions to > > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > > > > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > > > tclug-list-request at mn-linux.org > > > > > > You can reach the person managing the list at > > > tclug-list-owner at mn-linux.org > > > > > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > > > than "Re: Contents of tclug-list digest..." > > > > > > > > > Today's Topics: > > > > > > 1. Re: can't make partition bootable with in Ubuntu 10.10 > > > Alternate install (Mike Miller) > > > 2. Re: can't make partition bootable with in Ubuntu 10.10 > > > Alternate install (Thomas Lunde) > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > Message: 1 > > > Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2011 18:40:46 -0500 (CDT) > > > From: Mike Miller <mbmiller+l at gmail.com> > > > To: TCLUG Mailing List <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > > > Subject: Re: [tclug-list] can't make partition bootable with in Ubuntu > > > 10.10 Alternate install > > > Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.00.1110011831350.4486 at taxa.psych.umn.edu> > > > Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed > > > > > > I put this off for awhile and now I'm back at it. I find it extremely > > > disheartening that every set of instructions I find anywhere fails. They > > > all fail and this is such a simple problem. I just want to install Ubuntu > > > 10.10 with RAID 1 on a pair of identical 2.0 TB disks. I have done it > > > maybe 20 times and it has never once been able to boot. > > > > > > I was hoping to be able to use these instructions from B-o-B... > > > > > > > > > On Tue, 12 Jul 2011, Mr. B-o-B wrote: > > > > > > > Try to do the raid prep/setup outside of the Ubuntu installer first. > > > > > > > > This is how I setup software RAID 1's, and this has worked every time > > > > for me. I have to be honest I haven't done this on Ubuntu, but I did > > > > just load the latest Ubuntu live cd to check, and all the commands exist > > > > so this should work fine. I have done this >30 times on Slackware, and > > > > a handful of times on Centos & Fedora. I actually used a Slackware > > > > install disk to setup the raid's on Fedora & Centos, but this is not > > > > necessary. The Ubuntu disk will work just fine. > > > > > > > > I personally like fdisk to create my partitions, but can use cfdisk (or > > > > anything else Ubuntu might have that you like). One disk 1 (lets call > > > > it /dev/sda) Create at least two partitions (one for swap & one for /). > > > > Change the types on both partitions to "Linux RAID autodetect" type > > > > "FD". > > > > > > I couldn't get through even that part. > > > > > > The first problem is that fdisk says that I have a GUID partition and I > > > should use GNU parted. In gparted I can delete partitions but not so much > > > that fdisk doesn't complain about the GUID partitioning. So I need to > > > know what I am supposed to be doing with fdisk here. Do I really want an > > > msdos partition? How is this done? > > > > > > Unfortunately, the detailed B-o-B instructions didn't help me (though I am > > > dying to try them) because I couldn't get past this initial step. > > > > > > Every other set of instructions I've found on the web fails at some point. > > > With at least one of them I get all the way through, it seems like it has > > > worked, but then I try to start the machine and it won't boot. Next I > > > look for ways to fix that and I haven't been able to fix it. So I delete > > > everything and start over. > > > > > > After working on this for dozens of hours I am ready to pay someone to do > > > it for me. Can any of you do this? How much do you want? > > > > > > Mike > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > > > Message: 2 > > > Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2011 07:19:16 -0500 > > > From: Thomas Lunde <tlunde at gmail.com> > > > To: TCLUG Mailing List <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > > > Subject: Re: [tclug-list] can't make partition bootable with in Ubuntu > > > 10.10 Alternate install > > > Message-ID: <263B410A-21E3-4D43-8EC0-490DB6510A62 at gmail.com> > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > > > > Mike - > > > > > > If you don't care about the current contents of either disk, here is one way to get rid of the error message about > GUID partitions being present. > > > > > > Boot from a live CD with just these two hard drives attached to the system. Once booted, open up a terminal window. > Use the df command to see if anything on either drive has been mounted. If so, they will appear as /dev/sda1 (or > similar). No partitions may have been mounted, if there is just junk on the drives. If a partition has been mounted, use > the command sudo umount /dev/sda1 (or whatever sd partitions you saw from the df command) to remove them from the df output. > > > > > > Use the command ls /dev/sd* to verify that the system "sees" the two drives and that they are listed as sda and sdb. > (You'll want to adjust the letters below if they come up as something else.) > > > > > > Then, issue this command: > > > sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=1024 count=1024 > > > and do it again for sdb and any partition tables on the drives will be gone. > > > > > > Now, you should be able to follow the installation instructions you've had. > > > > > > Thomas > > > > > > > > > > > > On Oct 1, 2011, at 6:40 PM, Mike Miller <mbmiller+l at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > I put this off for awhile and now I'm back at it. I find it extremely disheartening that every set of instructions > I find anywhere fails. They all fail and this is such a simple problem. I just want to install Ubuntu 10.10 with RAID 1 > on a pair of identical 2.0 TB disks. I have done it maybe 20 times and it has never once been able to boot. > > > > > > > > I was hoping to be able to use these instructions from B-o-B... > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, 12 Jul 2011, Mr. B-o-B wrote: > > > > > > > >> Try to do the raid prep/setup outside of the Ubuntu installer first. > > > >> > > > >> This is how I setup software RAID 1's, and this has worked every time for me. I have to be honest I haven't done > this on Ubuntu, but I did just load the latest Ubuntu live cd to check, and all the commands exist so this should work > fine. I have done this >30 times on Slackware, and a handful of times on Centos & Fedora. I actually used a Slackware > install disk to setup the raid's on Fedora & Centos, but this is not necessary. The Ubuntu disk will work just fine. > > > >> > > > >> I personally like fdisk to create my partitions, but can use cfdisk (or anything else Ubuntu might have that you > like). One disk 1 (lets call it /dev/sda) Create at least two partitions (one for swap & one for /). Change the types on > both partitions to "Linux RAID autodetect" type "FD". > > > > > > > > I couldn't get through even that part. > > > > > > > > The first problem is that fdisk says that I have a GUID partition and I should use GNU parted. In gparted I can > delete partitions but not so much that fdisk doesn't complain about the GUID partitioning. So I need to know what I am > supposed to be doing with fdisk here. Do I really want an msdos partition? How is this done? > > > > > > > > Unfortunately, the detailed B-o-B instructions didn't help me (though I am dying to try them) because I couldn't > get past this initial step. > > > > > > > > Every other set of instructions I've found on the web fails at some point. With at least one of them I get all the > way through, it seems like it has worked, but then I try to start the machine and it won't boot. Next I look for ways to > fix that and I haven't been able to fix it. So I delete everything and start over. > > > > > > > > After working on this for dozens of hours I am ready to pay someone to do it for me. Can any of you do this? How > much do you want? > > > > > > > > Mike > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > > > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > > > End of tclug-list Digest, Vol 82, Issue 2 > > > ***************************************** > > > > Your limitation may be the Bios with how many drives it can see. ie 2tb > > limit vs 4tb. > GRUB 2 should always be used with the GRUB2 Utility disk available. > GRUB2 has to have a special 7E partition BEFORE the /boot partition > which also needs to be separate. Then you can for the sake of argument > have just a / partition. The numbering scheme is different for GRUB2 > than GRUB1 and I have foundit best to use something like > this.... /(hd0,1)/vmlinuz...... the same holds true with the kernel > line. A set command will tell where the /root is located for example > (hd0,2). That is why the Utility disk recommendation because sometimes > the installer won't find the proper partition. The phrase "boot" always > ends the section. > > I know this is not GRUB2 here but the mapping is a declaration that is > made not only in fstab, but it MUST be declared in your modules that > load at boot time. In my case loop/luks and fuse are declared and > generated by mkinitcpio each time in specific order so the proper module > will be available when needed. In this example it was easier to use > labels vs. UUIDS which I prefer but UUIDS are used in in fstab. > > GRUB1 example for mapped devices akin to mapped for RAID > # (0) Arch Linux > title Arch Linux Stock Kernel > lock > root (hd0,0) > kernel /vmlinuz-linux root=/dev/mapper/masayana > cryptdevice=/dev/sda2:masayana ro nodma vga=791 > initrd /initramfs-linux.img > boot > > # /etc/fstab: static file system information > # > # <file system> <dir> <type> <options> <dump> > <pass> > devpts /dev/pts devpts defaults 0 > 0 > shm /dev/shm tmpfs nodev,nosuid,noexec > 0 0 > tmpfs /tmp tmpfs > defaults,nodev,nosuid,mode=1777 0 0 > /dev/mapper/masayana / ext2 defaults 0 1 > UUID=166a497e-6435-4ef4-8198-dc781ce73678 /boot ext2 defaults,noatime 0 > 1 > > > #/dev/sdb1: UUID="8d71988a-7103-4f6a-a119-145960e2d94e" > TYPE="crypto_LUKS" > #/dev/sda1: LABEL="boot" UUID="166a497e-6435-4ef4-8198-dc781ce73678" > TYPE="ext2" > #/dev/sda2: UUID="2ecb1abd-5cfc-4c44-943e-3c78c6faf967" > TYPE="crypto_LUKS" > #/dev/sdc1: UUID="a47f96ae-db52-48ce-b99d-752daa4a482d" > TYPE="crypto_LUKS" > #/dev/mapper/masayana: LABEL="ourhouse" > UUID="92102d0f-5efb-49a7-8d83-2b1daf1605e6" TYPE="ext2" > > Hope this helps. > > > -- > -- > gk > http://gm5729.blogspot.com > > Please conserve natural resources and print out this email if absolutely > necessary. 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