10.04.1 LTS install with RAID support?

[Tom H]

On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 8:13 PM, Steve Malenfant <smalenfant at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I've searched, I've tried and I failed.
> How can you install Ubuntu Desktop with 2 drives in RAID-1 using soft RAID?
> I also want my machine to boot if 1 of the drive fails.
> Seems like during the install I can't select a RAID partition. mdadm is not
> included by default and the alternate version doesn't boot via USB stick.
> Anybody got good pointers? Seems like there is a lot of information, but I
> can't achieve to find the proper solution.
> Here is what I'm trying to achieve (about) :
> sda1 -> /boot
> sda2 -> swap
> sda3 -> /
> sdb1 -> /boot
> sdb2 -> swap
> sdb3 -> /
> md0 -> /boot
> md1 -> /
> I've done this in Centos without a hitch before, but really want to move to
> something like Ubuntu since that new machine needs the newer kernel to work.
> I guess I'll have to get a special CD to make the partition, install the OS
> and then setup RAID? That seems all backward to me.

Use either the server or mini iso.