Bug#325116: installation-reports: PowerPC : Impossible to create a logical RAID 1 root partition

[Frédéric Massot <frederic@juliana-multimedia.com>]

Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 26, 2005 at 10:45:18AM +0200, Frederic MASSOT wrote:
>
> > Package: installation-reports
> > Severity: important
> >
> > Debian-installer-version: debian-31r0a-powerpc-netinst.iso
> > Machine: Power Mac G4
> > Processor: PowerPC G4 933 Mhz
> > Memory: 768 MB
> > Root Device:
> > Root Size/partition table:
[...]
> > Comments/Problems:
> >
> > This server has two identical IDE disks.
> > I would like to install a Debian system on the one logical RAID 1 root partition.
> >
> > The RAID utilities need a partition with type : Linux RAID Autodetect
> >
> > But, partman doesn't set a partition with this type !!?
> > This type doesn't exist in the list of the possibles types.
>
> Sure it does.  You make a partition on one drive, then select 'use this
> partition for' and pick raid.  Repeat for other drive, then select
> 'setup raid'.

When I select 'use this partition for', I have this list of partition type :

- Ext3FS
- Ext2FS
- ReiserFS
- JFS
- XFS
- FAT16
- FAT32
- Swap area
- NewWorld boot partition
- Physical volume for LVM

I don't have a partition type for the RAID. :o(


Regards.
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