[Feature Request] [RoF] Ubuntu Desktop - Inclusion of mdadm for RAID

[Renzo de Paoli]

Hi Jeff.

Thanks for your reply.

In regards to the points you mentioned:

- Ubiquity
 Sounds good.
 What is the recommended way of raising it, as it is not really a bug?
 Should it go here - 'https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu'?

- Proposal
 As the Focal Desktop manifest already includes lvm2, could mdadm be added as well?
 That would allow users to use the Trial option to prepare a RAID & LVM via CLI, and then Ubiquity could be used to complete the installation.

- Timeline
 I don't think this feature is critical, no need to rush.
 A later release after Focal should be fine.

Thanks Jeff.

Best regards,
Renzo

On Wednesday, 22 April 2020 15:46:05 BST Jeffrey Lane wrote:
> Hi Renzo
> 
> I can confirm that Ubiquity in Focal does not provide any means to
> create a software RAID setup.
> 
> Moreover, while it at least has some LVM ability, it does not provide
> the ability to create an LVM setup across multiple disks.
> 
> Unfortunately, this is not going to happen for Focal it's WAY too late
> to make feature requests, that should have been done early on in the
> cycle.
> Renzo  could you please file a bug against 'ubiquity' requesting this
> support be added into the desktop installer?
> 
> Thanks
> Jeff
> 
> On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 9:59 AM Renzo de Paoli <depaoli.renzo at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Dear Ubuntu developers.
> >
> > Observations:
> > - RAID is no longer only of interest to Server users
> > - It appears that a number of users would like to use RAID on desktop machines
> > - Forums, web sites, tutorials about RAID with Ubuntu Desktop seems to consist to a large part of explanations, how to get actually get mdadm
> > - Getting mdadm onto an Ubuntu machine without Internet connection during installation appears to be a bit tedious
> >
> > Request:
> > - Inclusion of mdadm in future Ubuntu Desktop releases, same as for Ubuntu Server.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Renzo
> >
> >
> >
> >
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