Problems with N40L 4x2TB RAID0 in Ubuntu

[bohmwu]

Just purchased the N40L from buy, received well, first tried win7, nice and decent,

however, I need many php and java service, therefore the best way is using linux, or in other words, ubuntu, which is my best choice, I am not expert, and very lack of knowledge.

 

ubuntu was successfully installed on the 250GB hard drive, i had 4 x 2tb, and I set them up as RAID0. in the win7, it worked as it should be, and i used GPT for them.

but in the ubuntu, it was been told there is a Raid, and need be activated, i chose yes, and it shows only 1.4tb (with something mapped-h.....), which should be 8tb or at lease 7.2tb in windows.

 

when the installation was done, I couldn't find the location for the series of raid. or because my little knowledge for linux? /dev/sde or else isn't available

 

tried fdisk to check.. like below

 

root@ubuntu:~# fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 2000.4 GB, 2000398934016 bytes
256 heads, 63 sectors/track, 242251 cylinders, total 3907029168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xa6ee4e1b
  Device Boot	  Start		 End	  Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1			   1  4294967295  2147483647+  ee  GPT
Partition 1 does not start on physical sector boundary.
WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on '/dev/sdb'! The util fdisk doesn't support GPT. Use GNU Parted.

Disk /dev/sdb: 2000.4 GB, 2000398934016 bytes
256 heads, 63 sectors/track, 242251 cylinders, total 3907029168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
  Device Boot	  Start		 End	  Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdb1			   1  4294967295  2147483647+  ee  GPT
Disk /dev/sdc: 2000.4 GB, 2000398934016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 243201 cylinders, total 3907029168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xd41fd41f
  Device Boot	  Start		 End	  Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdc1   *	    2048  3907026943  1953512448    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
Disk /dev/sdd: 2000.4 GB, 2000398934016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 243201 cylinders, total 3907029168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x02ed02ed
  Device Boot	  Start		 End	  Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdd1		    2048  3907026943  1953512448    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
Disk /dev/mapper/pdc_hibjbebde: 1404.3 GB, 1404257435648 bytes
256 heads, 63 sectors/track, 170057 cylinders, total 2742690304 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 65536 bytes / 262144 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xa6ee4e1b
			    Device Boot	  Start		 End	  Blocks   Id  System
/dev/mapper/pdc_hibjbebde1			   1  4294967295  2147483647+  ee  GPT
Partition 1 does not start on physical sector boundary.
Disk /dev/sde: 250.1 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders, total 488397168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00011008
  Device Boot	  Start		 End	  Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sde1   *	    2048	  499711	  248832   83  Linux
/dev/sde2		  501758   488396799   243947521    5  Extended
/dev/sde5		  501760   488396799   243947520   8e  Linux LVM
Disk /dev/mapper/ubuntu-root: 243.5 GB, 243500318720 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 29603 cylinders, total 475586560 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Disk /dev/mapper/ubuntu-root doesn't contain a valid partition table
Disk /dev/mapper/ubuntu-swap_1: 6295 MB, 6295650304 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 765 cylinders, total 12296192 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Disk /dev/mapper/ubuntu-swap_1 doesn't contain a valid partition table

 

 

then I installed gparted

 

 

anyway, My target is (very simple):

1. keep ubuntu (version at least 9)

2. use hardware raid0 for 4 hard drive

 

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SINCERELY THANKS INDEED!!!!

[a15457]

Not knowing anything about ubuntu what I'd try is re-installing win7, delete the RAID 0 partion (7.2TBish), blow away Win7, re-install Ubuntu and see if it picks up the 4x2TB disks properly. If you already worked this one out I'd love to know how you did it.