i waited for a couple of days then downloaded the alternative cd and made a software raid. but as you requested i ran the above commands
does this seem to be a bug or user error? [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# dmraid -tay -vvvv -dddd -f nvidia NOTICE: checking format identifier nvidia NOTICE: creating directory /var/lock/dmraid WARN: locking /var/lock/dmraid/.lock NOTICE: skipping removable device /dev/hdb NOTICE: /dev/sda: nvidia discovering NOTICE: /dev/sda: nvidia metadata discovered NOTICE: /dev/sdb: nvidia discovering DEBUG: _find_set: searching nvidia_dhhfcfca DEBUG: _find_set: not found nvidia_dhhfcfca DEBUG: _find_set: searching nvidia_dhhfcfca DEBUG: _find_set: not found nvidia_dhhfcfca NOTICE: added /dev/sda to RAID set "nvidia_dhhfcfca" DEBUG: checking nvidia device "/dev/sda" DEBUG: set status of set "nvidia_dhhfcfca" to 16 nvidia_dhhfcfca: 0 72303744 linear /dev/sda 0 INFO: Activating stripe RAID set "nvidia_dhhfcfca" NOTICE: discovering partitions on "nvidia_dhhfcfca" NOTICE: /dev/.static/dev/mapper/nvidia_dhhfcfca: dos discovering NOTICE: /dev/.static/dev/mapper/nvidia_dhhfcfca: dos metadata discovered DEBUG: _find_set: searching nvidia_dhhfcfca1 DEBUG: _find_set: not found nvidia_dhhfcfca1 DEBUG: _find_set: searching nvidia_dhhfcfca2 DEBUG: _find_set: not found nvidia_dhhfcfca2 DEBUG: _find_set: searching nvidia_dhhfcfca3 DEBUG: _find_set: not found nvidia_dhhfcfca3 NOTICE: created partitioned RAID set(s) for /dev/.static/dev/mapper/nvidia_dhhfcfca nvidia_dhhfcfca1: 0 337302 linear /dev/.static/dev/mapper/nvidia_dhhfcfca 63 INFO: Activating partition RAID set "nvidia_dhhfcfca1" nvidia_dhhfcfca2: 0 70493220 linear /dev/.static/dev/mapper/nvidia_dhhfcfca 337365 INFO: Activating partition RAID set "nvidia_dhhfcfca2" nvidia_dhhfcfca3: 0 1461915 linear /dev/.static/dev/mapper/nvidia_dhhfcfca 70830585 INFO: Activating partition RAID set "nvidia_dhhfcfca3" WARN: unlocking /var/lock/dmraid/.lock DEBUG: freeing devices of RAID set "nvidia_dhhfcfca" DEBUG: freeing device "nvidia_dhhfcfca", path "/dev/sda" DEBUG: freeing devices of RAID set "nvidia_dhhfcfca1" DEBUG: freeing device "nvidia_dhhfcfca1", path "/dev/.static/dev/mapper/nvidia_dhhfcfca" DEBUG: freeing devices of RAID set "nvidia_dhhfcfca2" DEBUG: freeing device "nvidia_dhhfcfca2", path "/dev/.static/dev/mapper/nvidia_dhhfcfca" DEBUG: freeing devices of RAID set "nvidia_dhhfcfca3" DEBUG: freeing device "nvidia_dhhfcfca3", path "/dev/.static/dev/mapper/nvidia_dhhfcfca" [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# dmraid -n /dev/sda (nvidia): 0x000 NVIDIA 0x008 size: 30 0x00c chksum: 946633451 0x010 version: 100 0x012 unitNumber: 0 0x013 reserved: 255 0x014 capacity: 144603392 0x018 sectorSize: 512 0x01c productID: STRIPE 68.95G 0x02c productRevision: 100 0x030 unitFlags: 0 0x034 array->version: 6553668 0x038 array->signature[0]: 1900212879 0x03c array->signature[1]: 1648542816 0x040 array->signature[2]: 225094918 0x044 array->signature[3]: 1451584459 0x048 array->raidJobCode: 0 0x049 array->stripeWidth: 2 0x04a array->totalVolumes: 2 0x04b array->originalWidth: 2 0x04c array->raidLevel: 128 0x050 array->stripeBlockSize: 128 0x054 array->stripeBlockByteSize: 65536 0x058 array->stripeBlockPower: 7 0x05c array->stripeMask: 127 0x060 array->stripeSize: 256 0x064 array->stripeByteSize: 131072 0x068 array->raidJobMark 0 0x06c array->originalLevel 128 0x070 array->originalCapacity 144603392 0x074 array->flags 0x1 -- dmraid not correctly detecting nforce raid https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/136804 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
