On 11/30/2011 01:20 PM, Stephen wrote: > Ok this is a first for me. > > I have a drive im trying to install FC16 to to play with gnome3 and > the current incarnation of Fedora. > > weird thing is the installer thinks that the drive is part of an > onboard hybrid array (which there is one) and will not let me install. > > I took the drive used the WD tools to erase the first and last 300mb > of the drive, which is usually all that's needed to clear the Onboard > array data. > > Anw hile yes the array is on, it is only useing Ports 1-4 5 and 6 are > regular sata, and it will give me the option to isntall on the eSata > drive thats on port 6. but this WD o have on 5 is still supposedly > part of an array. > > not sure what else i can do to clear the array data unless i need to > let the thing go through a full drive wipe and try again (instead of > the quick wipe) > > Anyone have any thoughts? > With software raid, you would need to zero out the raid superblock. I don't know about HW raid, but could be something similar. I'm pretty sure the SB is not near the beginning or end of the drive. -- -Eric 'shubes' --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss