heathramos
August 25th, 2009, 04:12 PM
I have just built a new PC and I was trying to install Ubuntu on it but I have been having all kinds of issues with it. I have got past a few of them (the installer didn't like the dvd-rom connected to the sata card and the wireless usb keyboard stopped functioning during the installation) but after 3 days I still can't complete the install.
What I am trying to do is set up a software raid during the install (RAID1) and install the OS on it. Most of the issues I am having is either manually creating the partitions needed or formatting them. I boot from the cd and answer the prompts until I get to the partioning section. I choose to set up things manually. I have tqo 1tb drives that I am trying to mirror so I create 3 partitions on each (20gb on the first, 512mb for the 2nd and the remaining free space for the 3rd) and set them as raid partitions. I then set up the software raid (choose the matching partitions and set them as raid1). In the end I have the 3 RAID devices. I configure the 20gb device to use ext3 and mount to /, the 512mb device is swap space and the 967gb device is mounted to home and uses ext3 as well.
My issues are that it freezes as various points during this process. Sometimes when I create the raid device, the screen will just turn blue and sit there. I can't see any hard drive activity and eventually I have to hard boot it. I tried to start over at one point and it would not let me delete the raid devices (kept saying the devices were in use even though I booted off the cd and never got to the point of installing anything). I tried erasing the raid device I couldn't delete and the screen again turned blue and just sat there, which forced me to reboot it after awhile.
At this point I have created the 3 raid devices and it is trying to format. It has been on the 33% done screen for 9 hours now.
any help would be appreciated.
What I am trying to do is set up a software raid during the install (RAID1) and install the OS on it. Most of the issues I am having is either manually creating the partitions needed or formatting them. I boot from the cd and answer the prompts until I get to the partioning section. I choose to set up things manually. I have tqo 1tb drives that I am trying to mirror so I create 3 partitions on each (20gb on the first, 512mb for the 2nd and the remaining free space for the 3rd) and set them as raid partitions. I then set up the software raid (choose the matching partitions and set them as raid1). In the end I have the 3 RAID devices. I configure the 20gb device to use ext3 and mount to /, the 512mb device is swap space and the 967gb device is mounted to home and uses ext3 as well.
My issues are that it freezes as various points during this process. Sometimes when I create the raid device, the screen will just turn blue and sit there. I can't see any hard drive activity and eventually I have to hard boot it. I tried to start over at one point and it would not let me delete the raid devices (kept saying the devices were in use even though I booted off the cd and never got to the point of installing anything). I tried erasing the raid device I couldn't delete and the screen again turned blue and just sat there, which forced me to reboot it after awhile.
At this point I have created the 3 raid devices and it is trying to format. It has been on the 33% done screen for 9 hours now.
any help would be appreciated.