If you want to turn off RAID, it isn't enough to disable it in BIOS. You need to clear the RAID metadata on the disks. I believe when you boot up, there is an option F10 to go into "Utility mode" where you can initialise the existing RAID config.
-- Hari On 8 January 2011 08:59, Edmonds Namasenda <[email protected]> wrote: > A happier and more prosperous 2011. > > Apologies for cross-posting but it is all about yearning for a solution. > > I have a Dell PowerEdge SC1425 with two HDDs each approximately 1 TB. > My goal is to install openSuSe 11.2 on the two HDDs as independent drives > with particularly different partitions (e.g swap & root on sda and /var and > /srv on sdb). > The HDDs are by default set-up or so installed as follows > /dev/mapper/ddf1_VOLUME 0 931.48 GB DM RAID ddf1_VOLUME 0 > /dev/sda 931.51 GB Hitachi-HDS72101 > /dev/sdb 931.51 GB Hitachi-HDS72101 > /dev/mapper/ddf1_VOLUME 931.48 GB DM > > Please note the physical drives are sda and sdb which I can not partition > at all with ddf1_VOLUME 0 on. > If I delete ddf1_VOLUME 0, ddf1_VOLUME remains in the background and can > not install on the HDDs even after successful partition as appropriate with > the following message when installation begins > ## Start of error message > Failure occurred during following action: > Removing raid ddf1_VOLUME 0 > > System error code was: -13001 > > cd /var/log/YaST2 && echo y | /sbin/dmraid -E -r '/dev/sdb': > ERROR: ddf1: seeking device "/dev/sdb" to 512104901378048 > ERROR: writing metadata to /dev/sdb, offset 1000204885504 sectors, size 0 > bytes returned 0 > ERROR: erasing ondisk metadata on /dev/sdb > ## End of error message > > If I partition ddf1_VOLUME 0 as necessary, installation goes smoothly until > it reaches the time of boot loader when errors appear thus an incomplete & > unusable installation. > > I thought it was all about BIOS RAID settings and went to F2 (at start-up) > > Integrated Devices > ATA Mode | RAID Mode | Off (changed to ATA Mode) to > no success of removing ddf1_VOLUME 0. > Played with the NVRAM jumper too as well as plucking out the CMOS! > Installed Windows 7 32-bit successfully and both HDDs are shown as usable > for user files although sdb can not be initially used for installing on the > OS. > > What could I be missing? > > -- > Thank you and kind regards, > > *I.P.N Edmonds* > > *Cel:* +256 70 227 3374 > +256 71 227 3374 > > *P.O.* Box 22249, Kampala UGANDA > > *Y! / MSN:* zibiced *| GMail:* namasenda* | Skype:* edsend > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by *MailScanner* <http://www.mailscanner.info/>, and is > believed to be clean. > _______________________________________________ > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: > [email protected] > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in > any way. > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
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