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 >