[Bug 585190] [NEW] Installation from live CD does not remove existing RAID partitions correctly

[Martin Wildam]

Public bug reported:

I have a HP Pavilion dv7 laptop (64-bit) with two harddisks built-in. So my attempt was to install Ubuntu with a software-RAID (RAID 1).
As the live CD does not offer such an option on installation, I downloaded the Alternate version and created the RAID, installed Ubuntu and then had troubles (reported already).

Then I reinstalled with the desktop live CD as I considered the
alternate version not very stable. On installation when it gets to
partitioning I have simply chosen to use the entire disk.

After installation I tried to make an image from the entire disk with
CloneZilla which told me that it can't do an image from a RAID member.
Investigating, I found out that the swap partition somehow had a flag
still set that it is member of a RAID system.

Maybe because the Live CD can't install RAID systems it maybe also can't
recognize them.

In my latest attempt I used the alternate medium to remove the RAID and
all partitions and then started install again from the Live CD which now
seems to work ok. CloneZilla still does not create the image but that is
a different problem now (I guess)...

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: linux-generic 2.6.32.22.23
Regression: No
Reproducible: No
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.33-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl nvidia
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.21.
Architecture: amd64
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0:  brigitte   1667 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xdb100000 irq 22'
   Mixer name	: 'IDT 92HD75B3X5'
   Components	: 'HDA:111d7603,103c365c,00100202'
   Controls      : 20
   Simple ctrls  : 12
Card1.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:1 'NVidia'/'HDA NVidia at 0xd3000000 irq 16'
   Mixer name	: 'Nvidia ID a'
   Components	: 'HDA:10de000a,10de0101,00100100'
   Controls      : 0
   Simple ctrls  : 0
Card1.Amixer.values:
 
Date: Tue May 25 02:11:13 2010
Frequency: This has only happened once.
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=28a291b8-8844-462b-95ed-ced135267be8
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-22-generic root=UUID=2985411b-33a9-4406-a6ad-b94117d0ca1b ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=de_AT.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.34
RfKill:
 0: hci0: Bluetooth
 	Soft blocked: no
 	Hard blocked: no
SourcePackage: linux
dmi.bios.date: 02/06/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.bios.version: F.17
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: 365C
dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.board.version: 32.24
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvrF.17:bd02/06/2010:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPPaviliondv7NotebookPC:pvr049D210000241210000020000:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn365C:rvr32.24:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC
dmi.product.version: 049D210000241210000020000
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard

** Affects: linux (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Installation from live CD does not remove existing RAID partitions correctly
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