I downloaded Ubuntu 9.10 x86_64 and am trying to install it on a fairly modern system with a Gigabyte GA-MA770-UD3 motherboard. Ubuntu 9.04 installed fine and still will when I stick that disc in, but 9.10 doesn't see my hard drive (western digital 250GB). If I boot from the disc, I can install gparted and it does recognize the drive, but when I try to start the install process from the live disc, Ubuntu again doesn't recognize the hard drive.
I checked /var/log/messages and see this:
Nov 12 17:28:08 ubuntu activate-dmraid: Serial ATA RAID disk(s) detected. If this was bad, boot with 'nodmraid'.
Nov 12 17:28:08 ubuntu activate-dmraid: Enabling dmraid support
Nov 12 17:28:08 ubuntu activate-dmraid: ERROR: either the required RAID set not found or more options required.
Nov 12 17:28:08 ubuntu activate-dmraid: ERROR: either the required RAID set not found or more options required.
Nov 12 17:28:08 ubuntu activate-dmraid: ERROR: either the required RAID set not found or more options required.
Nov 12 17:28:08 ubuntu activate-dmraid: no raid sets and with names: "nvidia_ciiajheb-0"
Nov 12 17:28:08 ubuntu activate-dmraid: ERROR: either the required RAID set not found or more options required.
I checked my BIOS, SATA is enabled and is set to IDE mode, so there shouldn't be software RAID, but nonetheless, I added nodmraid to the boot line and tried again. It still doesn't recognize the drive. I checked /var/log/messages again and now see this:
Nov 12 17:49:38 ubuntu activate-dmraid: Serial ATA RAID disk(s) detected. If this was boad, boot with 'nodmraid'.
Nov 12 17:49:38 ubuntu activate-dmraid: Enabling dmraid support
Nov 12 17:49:38 ubuntu activate-dmraid: WARNING: dmraid disabled by boot option
Nov 12 17:49:38 ubuntu activate-dmraid: WARNING: dmraid disabled by boot option
Any ideas on things to try? I've tried all of the various BIOS settings for SATA. IDE,RAID, etc. Nothing seems to work.
Best Answer
This thread on the Ubuntu Forums appears to be relevant. The workaround discussed there is to remove the
dmraid
package before running the installer.