Lack of support for soft RAID

[Scott White]

>
> Actually, this isn't really true.  The default install of KUbuntu 6.06
> detected and configured a DMRaid partition based on the VIA BIOS on at
> least two machines I have recently worked with.
>
> I believe this is mediated through the EVMS system rather than through
> DMRaid directly, but I certainly didn't install anything from the
> network -- this was detected and (annoyingly) created during the CD
> install process using the alternate CD.


The controller that I am using ICH5 (and I'm sure Intel's newer ICH6) is
recommended by Intel through their website.  This is a very common chipset,
I'm using an ASU P4C800-E Deluxe, a very common series of boards.

I tried the Alternate Ubuntu CD before, but tried it just again to make
sure.  Again, no luck.  I tried both "Configure software RAID" & "Configure
the Logical Volume Manager" options.

For instance gentoo allows an option on bootup: dodmraid, to enable dmraid.
Note this doesn't work for me in Gentoo even, this controller does work
within Windows.  I have followed 6+ different guides on how to do this, most
are written for Gentoo but I haven't gotten any of the to work, even in
Gentoo

I'd like to figure out what's necessary so we can write a HowTo for it or
something then hopefully get this built into a future version.

FYI: There is still an active Windows XP partition on the RAID 0 set.

my bug: https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+bug/57860
sample guide:
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Gentoo_Install_on_Bios_%28Onboard%29_RAID<http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Gentoo_Install_on_Bios_%2528Onboard%2529_RAID>

Thanks,
Scott
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