[Bug 346425] [NEW] Kubuntu install fails to detect software (fake) Intel Matrix RAID0 SSD volume on Alienware M17 laptop

Sat Mar 21 17:19:24 UTC 2009

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: dmraid

The machine came from Alienware with a RAID0 SSD partition formated with
NTFS for Vista.  I would like to dual boot Kubuntu 9.04.

1. I first tried booting from the alternate CD.   The installer detected the RAID0 volume as 2 separate disks.  
2. I then tried directly installing from the live CD.  Same result.
3. I canceled the install from the live CD to boot to the Kubuntu desktop.
4. I launched a konsole window and typed:

  ubuntu at ubuntu:~$ ls -la /dev/mapper
    total 0
    drwxr-xr-x  2 root root     160 2009-03-21 16:10 .
    drwxr-xr-x 16 root root    4500 2009-03-21 16:10 ..
    crw-rw----  1 root root  10, 61 2009-03-21 11:27 control

  ubuntu at ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get update
  ubuntu at ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install dmraid

I believe this message appeard in /var/log/syslog at this point
  Mar 21 16:10:46 ubuntu dmraid-activate: ERROR: Cannot retrieve RAID set information for isw_bdhiijife_Volume0
  but may have appeared at a later point (see below)

  ubuntu at ubuntu:~$ ls -la /dev/mapper
    total 0
    drwxr-xr-x  2 root root     160 2009-03-21 16:10 .
    drwxr-xr-x 16 root root    4500 2009-03-21 16:10 ..
    crw-rw----  1 root root  10, 61 2009-03-21 11:27 control
    brw-rw----  1 root disk 252,  0 2009-03-21 16:10 isw_bdhiijife_Volume0
    brw-rw----  1 root disk 252,  1 2009-03-21 16:10 isw_bdhiijife_Volume01
    brw-rw----  1 root disk 252,  2 2009-03-21 16:10 isw_bdhiijife_Volume02
    brw-rw----  1 root disk 252,  3 2009-03-21 16:10 isw_bdhiijife_Volume03
    brw-rw----  1 root disk 252,  4 2009-03-21 16:10 isw_bdhiijife_Volume04

****If I install gparted at this point I am able to detect the RAID0
volume and add an ext4 and swap partition****

5. However when I then ran the ubiquity installer as I switch to the
partition manager page....

  Ubiquity posed a "Partman Crashed" dialog with this message: 
  Partman failed with exit code 141. Further information may be found in /var/log/syslog. 
  Do you want to try running this step again before continuing? 
  If you do not, your installation may fail entirely or may be broken.

and looking again at /var/log/syslog:

  Mar 21 16:48:07 ubuntu kernel: [ 2910.934730] NTFS driver 2.1.29 [Flags: R/O MODULE].
  Mar 21 16:48:07 ubuntu kernel: [ 2911.052695] JFS: nTxBlock = 8192, nTxLock = 65536
  Mar 21 16:48:07 ubuntu kernel: [ 2911.301352] SGI XFS with ACLs, security attributes, realtime, large block numbers, no debug enabled
  Mar 21 16:48:07 ubuntu kernel: [ 2911.304489] SGI XFS Quota Management subsystem
  Mar 21 16:48:07 ubuntu dmraid-activate: ERROR: Cannot retrieve RAID set information for isw_bdhiijife_Volume0
  Mar 21 16:48:07 ubuntu last message repeated 3 times
  Mar 21 16:48:08 ubuntu ubiquity: ERROR: 
  Mar 21 16:48:08 ubuntu ubiquity: either the required RAID set not found or more options required
  Mar 21 16:48:08 ubuntu ubiquity: 
  Mar 21 16:48:08 ubuntu ubiquity: ERROR: 
  Mar 21 16:48:08 ubuntu ubiquity: either the required RAID set not found or more options required
  Mar 21 16:48:08 ubuntu ubiquity: 
  Mar 21 16:48:08 ubuntu ubiquity: ERROR: 
  Mar 21 16:48:08 ubuntu ubiquity: either the required RAID set not found or more options required
  Mar 21 16:48:08 ubuntu ubiquity: 
  Mar 21 16:48:08 ubuntu ubiquity: ERROR: either the required RAID set not found or more options required
  Mar 21 16:48:08 ubuntu ubiquity: ERROR: 
  Mar 21 16:48:08 ubuntu ubiquity: either the required RAID set not found or more options required
  Mar 21 16:48:08 ubuntu ubiquity: 
  Mar 21 16:48:08 ubuntu ubiquity: ERROR: 
  Mar 21 16:48:08 ubuntu ubiquity: either the required RAID set not found or more options required
  Mar 21 16:48:08 ubuntu ubiquity: 
  Mar 21 16:48:08 ubuntu ubiquity[7303]: debconffilter_done: Partman (current: Partman)
  Mar 21 16:48:08 ubuntu ubiquity[7303]: dbfilter_handle_status: ('Partman', 141)

Some more information from bug report guidelines:
>lsb_release -rd
Description:    Ubuntu jaunty (development branch)
Release:        9.04

sudo apt-cache policy dmraid
dmraid:
  Installed: 1.0.0.rc15-1ubuntu3
  Candidate: 1.0.0.rc15-1ubuntu3
  Version table:
 *** 1.0.0.rc15-1ubuntu3 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

sudo apt-cache policy ubiquity
ubiquity:
  Installed: 1.11.16
  Candidate: 1.11.19
  Version table:
     1.11.19 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Packages
 *** 1.11.16 0
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

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

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Kubuntu install fails to detect software (fake) Intel Matrix RAID0 SSD volume on Alienware M17 laptop
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