David Härdeman wrote: > If you assemble the array manually using mdadm you probably can (see the > man page for mdadm, I think it's something like --assume-clean).
OK, thanks. This is --assume-clean, effectively. > As a long term solution, support for > block-device-with-no-partitions-present-or-possible should probably be > added to parted (for dm, md, lvm, evms, etc). +1 > Try to first create the RAID1 using the regular user interface, then goto > the second console and create the lv's by hand (pvcreate, vgcreate, > lvcreate)...then you should be able to go back to the d-i partitioning > menu and refresh it by exiting and re-entering it. Hopefully your lvm > partitions will show up after that. Playing with lvm commands at CLI solved the problem : d-i detected the LVs (/usr /var etc) on lvm (/dev/md2). And I was able to install the base system :) Only problem after reboot: grub complained about an unknown partition type (0xde) when using root=/dev/md1. Perhaps I forgot to specify the mount points, or grub is just not "md-friendly", but I'll just stick with plain good old LILO to avoid future problems. > David Thanks for your quick and efficient response :) PS That box seems to really hate Linux : the hardware just crashed (BIOS could not even start now). Sometimes I hate "fry-days" :-/ Ch. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
