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    Ubuntu 11.10 fakeraid 0 M17x-R1

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by nicolaibaun, Nov 21, 2011.

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    nicolaibaun Notebook Consultant

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    Hello fellow Alienware owners

    i have a little problem i hope you could help me sort out.

    i am trying to install ubuntu 11.10 to my M17x-R1, with fakeraid 0. when i try to install ubuntu, it sees my raid array correctly, but i doesn't quite know where to begin..

    where should i install grub to, how big swap partition should i make, and where should i make the /boot point??

    i would also like to preserve my windows partition without reinstalling windows.

    i have some different "devices" showing up:
    dev/mapper/nvidia (not specified how large, seems like it's the raid array)
    dev/mapper/nvidiasomething1 (windows 7 loader) (100 MB Partition)
    dev/mapper/nvidiasomething2 (1 TB partition)


    any suggestion appreciated

    (i also posted this in the linux section but there doesn't seem to be much activity..)
     
    nicolaibaun, Nov 21, 2011
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