Package: installation-reports Boot method: netinst iso booted from USB stick Image version: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch-latest/amd64/iso-cd/debian-testing-amd64-netinst.iso Date: Downloaded Dec22, Attempted install Dec22 Machine: Custom Built Intel System Processor: Core 2 Quad 9550 Memory: 8GB Partitions: (part of the problem) Output of lspci -knn (or lspci -nn): Base System Installation Checklist: [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Initial boot: [O] Detect network card: [O] Configure network: [O] Detect CD: [O] Load installer modules: [O] Detect hard drives: [O] Partition hard drives: [E] Install base system: [ ] Clock/timezone setup: [ ] User/password setup: [ ] Install tasks: [ ] Install boot loader: [ ] Overall install: [ ] Comments/Problems: Raid device not created during partitioning. Attempting to create a basic software raid1 array according to documentation and guides found online. 98% certain I am following correct procedure. In /var/log/syslog, correlated with the times of me attempting to create raid arrays, there is an error that says "mdadm: /dev/md/ is an invalid name for an md device (empty!)".