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Trouble installing Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64-bit on Del R320
Hello.
I'm trying to install Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64-bit on a Dell R320 server, which is setup with a RAID 1 (H310) for 2 SATA HDDs (for the OS and applications) and RAID 10 (H710) for 4 SAS HDDs (for data).
I have setup the machine to boot with UEFI.
I burnt the ISO image of Ubuntu onto a CD and proceeded with the installation, choosing a guided installation with encrypted LVM.
After taking care of several options and seeing lots files getting copied, the system rebooted.
Once the initial boot information was displayed on screen, I got the following error: "efidisk read error". I thought the server had frozen there, but then Ubuntu was loaded normally (or so it seems).
Furthermore, running sudo parted /dev/sda print all gives me the following:
Model: DELL PERC H310 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 250GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 17.4kB 200MB 200MB fat32 boot
2 200MB 456MB 256MB ext2
3 456MB 250GB 249GB lvm
Error: /dev/sdb: unrecognised disk label
Model: Linux device-mapper (crypt) (dm)
Disk /dev/mapper/cryptswap1: 17.1GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: loop
Number Start End Size File system Flags
1 0.00B 17.1GB 17.1GB linux-swap(v1)
Error: /dev/mapper/te--server-swap_1: unrecognised disk label
Model: Linux device-mapper (linear) (dm)
Disk /dev/mapper/te--server-root: 232GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: loop
Number Start End Size File system Flags
1 0.00B 232GB 232GB ext4
The RAID 10 volume is nowhere to be found.
Any suggestions?
Thank you in advance!
DELL-Josh Cr
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September 26th, 2013 16:00
Hi, Does the PERC controller show the RAID 10 as online? Having both an H310 and an H710 in the same server is not a typical configuration, how are they connected to the backplane?
ArgirisB
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October 1st, 2013 13:00
Hi Josh.
Thank you for getting back to me and forgive my late reply. You see I had locked myself out of my forum account and I was waiting from the kind people at #DellCares to help me restore access to my account.
You are right about H710. I misread the initial configuration I printed when ordering the server. In fact there's only H310 in it.
I installed Ubuntu 2 times in UEFI mode and I'd always get the same error. I decided to change to BIOS mode and voila: the error was gone.
As for the RAID 10 volume, it's now visible and needs to be mounted.