Here's what was going on in the syslog from the activation of the raid until it failed to create the partition. Maybe this is an Ubiquity bug and not a dmraid bug????
Apr 23 03:32:51 ubuntu activate-dmraid: Serial ATA RAID disk(s) detected. If this was bad, boot with 'nodmraid'. Apr 23 03:32:51 ubuntu activate-dmraid: Enabling dmraid support. Apr 23 03:32:51 ubuntu dmraid-activate: ERROR: Cannot retrieve RAID set information for sil_bgaebjaafgbg Apr 23 03:32:51 ubuntu dmraid-activate: ERROR: Cannot retrieve RAID set information for sil_bgaebjaafgbg Apr 23 03:32:52 ubuntu ubiquity: tune2fs Apr 23 03:32:52 ubuntu ubiquity: : Apr 23 03:32:52 ubuntu ubiquity: Bad magic number in super-block Apr 23 03:32:52 ubuntu ubiquity: Apr 23 03:32:52 ubuntu ubiquity: while trying to open /dev/mapper/sil_bgaebjaafgbg Apr 23 03:32:52 ubuntu ubiquity: #015 Apr 23 03:32:52 ubuntu ubiquity: Couldn't find valid filesystem superblock. Apr 23 03:32:52 ubuntu partman: Error running 'tune2fs -l /dev/mapper/sil_bgaebjaafgbg' Apr 23 03:32:52 ubuntu ubiquity: tune2fs Apr 23 03:32:52 ubuntu ubiquity: : Apr 23 03:32:52 ubuntu ubiquity: Bad magic number in super-block Apr 23 03:32:52 ubuntu ubiquity: Apr 23 03:32:52 ubuntu ubiquity: while trying to open /dev/mapper/sil_bgaebjaafgbg Apr 23 03:32:52 ubuntu ubiquity: #015 Apr 23 03:32:52 ubuntu ubiquity: Couldn't find valid filesystem superblock. Apr 23 03:32:52 ubuntu partman: Error running 'tune2fs -l /dev/mapper/sil_bgaebjaafgbg' Apr 23 03:32:52 ubuntu ubiquity: tune2fs Apr 23 03:32:52 ubuntu ubiquity: : Apr 23 03:32:52 ubuntu ubiquity: Bad magic number in super-block Apr 23 03:32:52 ubuntu ubiquity: Apr 23 03:32:52 ubuntu ubiquity: while trying to open /dev/mapper/sil_bgaebjaafgbg Apr 23 03:32:52 ubuntu ubiquity: #015 Apr 23 03:32:52 ubuntu ubiquity: Couldn't find valid filesystem superblock. Apr 23 03:32:52 ubuntu partman: Error running 'tune2fs -l /dev/mapper/sil_bgaebjaafgbg' Apr 23 03:32:53 ubuntu ubiquity: tune2fs Apr 23 03:32:53 ubuntu ubiquity: : Apr 23 03:32:53 ubuntu ubiquity: Bad magic number in super-block Apr 23 03:32:53 ubuntu ubiquity: Apr 23 03:32:53 ubuntu ubiquity: while trying to open /dev/mapper/sil_bgaebjaafgbg Apr 23 03:32:53 ubuntu ubiquity: #015 Apr 23 03:32:53 ubuntu ubiquity: Couldn't find valid filesystem superblock. Apr 23 03:32:53 ubuntu partman: Error running 'tune2fs -l /dev/mapper/sil_bgaebjaafgbg' Apr 23 03:32:53 ubuntu ubiquity[2853]: switched to page partman Apr 23 03:33:05 ubuntu ubiquity[2853]: debconffilter_done: ubi-partman (current: ubi-partman) Apr 23 03:33:05 ubuntu ubiquity[2853]: Step_before = stepPartAuto Apr 23 03:33:05 ubuntu ubiquity[2853]: switched to page usersetup Apr 23 03:33:22 ubuntu ubiquity[2853]: debconffilter_done: ubi-usersetup (current: ubi-usersetup) Apr 23 03:33:22 ubuntu ubiquity[2853]: Step_before = stepUserInfo Apr 23 03:33:22 ubuntu ubiquity[2853]: filtering out /dev/mapper/sil_bgaebjaafgbg1 as it is to be formatted. Apr 23 03:33:22 ubuntu ubiquity[2853]: filtering out /dev/mapper/sil_bgaebjaafgbg5 as it is to be formatted. Apr 23 03:33:22 ubuntu ubiquity[2853]: debconffilter_done: ubi-migrationassistant (current: ubi-migrationassistant) Apr 23 03:33:22 ubuntu ubiquity[2853]: Step_before = stepUserInfo Apr 23 03:33:22 ubuntu ubiquity[2853]: switched to page summary Apr 23 03:33:41 ubuntu ubiquity[2853]: debconffilter_done: ubi-summary (current: ubi-summary) Apr 23 03:33:41 ubuntu ubiquity[2853]: Step_before = stepReady Apr 23 03:33:41 ubuntu ubiquity[2853]: progress_loop() Apr 23 03:33:43 ubuntu udevd-work[1503]: inotify_add_watch(6, /dev/mapper/sil_bgaebjaafgbg5, 10) failed: No such file or directory Apr 23 03:33:44 ubuntu udevd-work[6348]: inotify_add_watch(6, /dev/mapper/sil_bgaebjaafgbg1, 10) failed: No such file or directory Apr 23 03:33:44 ubuntu partman: mke2fs 1.41.11 (14-Mar-2010) Apr 23 03:33:44 ubuntu partman: Could not stat /dev/mapper/sil_bgaebjaafgbg1 --- No such file or directory Apr 23 03:33:44 ubuntu partman: Apr 23 03:33:44 ubuntu partman: The device apparently does not exist; did you specify it correctly? ubu...@ubuntu:~$ -- Ubuntu 10.04 can't create partition on fakeraid https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/568050 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
