xen3
December 14th, 2015, 02:56 AM
I am trying to discover how to run e.g. Ubuntu on an AMD "motherboard" RAID solution, so that I can use it both in Windows and in Linux.
Last time I tried:
- Kubuntu installer did not even see the RAID, nor was I able to install on it (I may just need to do "dmraid -ay" from a shell).
- OpenSUSE installer did see it and allowed me to install on it, BUT it wouldn't boot, as apparently (perhaps) this same command ??? was not getting executed by the initrd.
From some Gentoo wiki page I surmised that at least the boot partition has to be the first partition, but this was old information and may not hold for Grub2.
The Chipset I am using is SB710 which is in principle supported by Linux kernel because I can see and use them (it, the array) from an OpenSUSE installer session.
I have also achieved SOME success in activating the array in a Kubuntu live session.
But attempting this *may* require me to reinstall Windows and repartition, but I also hate Grub to the bones and I run into issues with a TrueCrypt boot loader, later on. It may be possible in Grub2 to save the functioning TrueCrypt loader to a .bin file and load it from Grub2, but I don't know how and it is one hell of a moron software.
Grub is ugly anyway unless you know how to theme it.
And usually I have better stuff to do than that.................
I prefer not to have a dedicated Linux install but this thread is about how to do it. I would likely just create and use a second array if I did attempt it but this is suboptimal and not what I want. And not what I need.
However, any temporary solution may suffice. I just need to be able to work in Linux for a few days.
I guess my best bet for my needs is to try VMWare, but.
Apart from that.
What are the requirements to get Ubuntu running on an AMD bios RAID?
Last time I tried:
- Kubuntu installer did not even see the RAID, nor was I able to install on it (I may just need to do "dmraid -ay" from a shell).
- OpenSUSE installer did see it and allowed me to install on it, BUT it wouldn't boot, as apparently (perhaps) this same command ??? was not getting executed by the initrd.
From some Gentoo wiki page I surmised that at least the boot partition has to be the first partition, but this was old information and may not hold for Grub2.
The Chipset I am using is SB710 which is in principle supported by Linux kernel because I can see and use them (it, the array) from an OpenSUSE installer session.
I have also achieved SOME success in activating the array in a Kubuntu live session.
But attempting this *may* require me to reinstall Windows and repartition, but I also hate Grub to the bones and I run into issues with a TrueCrypt boot loader, later on. It may be possible in Grub2 to save the functioning TrueCrypt loader to a .bin file and load it from Grub2, but I don't know how and it is one hell of a moron software.
Grub is ugly anyway unless you know how to theme it.
And usually I have better stuff to do than that.................
I prefer not to have a dedicated Linux install but this thread is about how to do it. I would likely just create and use a second array if I did attempt it but this is suboptimal and not what I want. And not what I need.
However, any temporary solution may suffice. I just need to be able to work in Linux for a few days.
I guess my best bet for my needs is to try VMWare, but.
Apart from that.
What are the requirements to get Ubuntu running on an AMD bios RAID?