So after 0ing my drive, removing all other drives and still gettign no results i gave up on 12.04 install media. also having a failure wiht dist-upgradeing from 10.04 once it went to 12.04 i tried a 11.04 server install media. dist upgrade it to current and was still able to boot. sheesh do not try this hardware combination. it has officially earned PITA status. new hiccup. I cannot get it to boot smoothly without intervention. if i let it boot (still entirely on its own drive) it gets out of grub and sits at a black screen. if i choose recovery then normal boot its fine. even after turning on lightDM. fun thing is i am not sure what i would be looking for on this. suggestions would be appreciated certainly. On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 8:06 PM, Stephen wrote: > Funny thing is 10.10, 11.4, and 11.10 were fine with the array's in place > once 12.4 made the rounds it fell over. If i knew more about grub and udev i > could probably bring it back up. > > On Oct 18, 2012 7:28 PM, "Brian Cluff" wrote: >> >> Hmmmm, that should have been good enough, but I guess they could have put >> it in the middle. It's not unheard of. >> >> Like I said, something is triggering that device mapper on your drive, so >> there has to be something on the drive that it likes. >> >> Brian Cluff >> >> On 10/18/2012 07:04 PM, Stephen wrote: >>> >>> Generally i run the quick zero which is the first and last 300mb i hiess >>> the next step is finding a home for the data and the 10+ hours to zero >>> the long way. >>> >>> On Oct 18, 2012 6:45 PM, "Brian Cluff" >> > wrote: >>> >>> Did you zero the drive all the way to the end, or just the first >>> part. Also maybe you zeroed the partition and not the drive? Many of >>> the raid superblocks are at the very end of the drive, and it would >>> still be catching them if you haven't done the whole thing. >>> >>> I really think this is whats happening since the Device Mapper is >>> trying to grab hold of it. >>> >>> Brian Cluff >>> >>> On 10/18/2012 12:50 PM, Stephen wrote: >>> >>> well 4 of the 6 drives involved are actively part of a raid. >>> the one >>> i am using for Linux was already 0ed for that very reason, i do >>> still >>> have a usb HDD still attached so i will try disconnecting that. >>> >>> odd thing is i was able to boot a 10.10x64 no issue and installed >>> there and have been doing dist-upgrades to current. i will take >>> a 2nd >>> look but its is really puzzling. >>> >>> I will certainly have to keep an eye out. I haven't even figured >>> out >>> how i'm going to configure grub yet to get multiple boot set up. >>> i may >>> leave it ghetto and just use bios. >>> >>> On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 12:31 PM, Brian Cluff >> > wrote: >>> >>> The fact that the device mapper is getting involved with the >>> drive leads me >>> to believe that the drive was part of a raid, or at least >>> configured by your >>> raid controller at one time and there is now a superblock on >>> it that is >>> messing up everything. >>> You'll probably need to zero out that superblock before >>> things will start to >>> behave correctly. >>> >>> Brian Cluff >>> >>> >>> On 10/17/2012 07:42 PM, Stephen wrote: >>> >>> >>> I have an AMD based chiset and i am trying to get ubuntu >>> to boot right >>> now and it is stalling, and i am having trouble ironing >>> out what is >>> going on. >>> >>> I have onbaord raid drives attached to the onboard raid >>> chipset >>> (SB710) however i am not intending to install to those >>> drives the >>> drive i wish to install to is actually a SATA connected >>> single drive >>> but i am having the worst time getting Ubuntu 12.04 to >>> even finish its >>> boot cycle. and im not getting allot of feedback. >>> >>> The errors i am getting are ata_id[336]: >>> HDIO_GET_IDENTITY failed for >>> '/dev/sdb': Invalid argument >>> - this is with all Raid disks disconnected and raid >>> turned off in >>> bios. just a single SATA HDD >>> >>> I get one of the two following errors if i have raid >>> disks attached >>> >>> A similar entry as above comes up or i get >>> udevd[167] inotify_add_watch(6, /dev/dm-1, 10) failed: >>> No Such file or >>> directory >>> >>> the most promising option i have so far is booting with >>> nodmraid but >>> it seems to just hang and go no place after detecting my >>> CDrom devices >>> >>> This is rather perplexing overall. >>> >>> Ideally i would like my 2 onboard raids to be connected >>> running >>> windows and then let linux run amok on my extra sata hdd >>> but it either >>> is really pissed off in a way i cannot figure out or it >>> really does >>> not like that port. >>> >>> Anyone have any thoughts? >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------__--------------------- >>> 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 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------__--------------------- >>> 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 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> 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 >>> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> 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 -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. 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