Gparted can't format a dmraid drive?

I'm trying to install 10.04 onto my brand new m17x R2, but it seems that I am getting an error when trying to format. I've got 2 x 250GB in a Raid 0 so I know I need dmraid (auto detects in 10.04!) and it's working because I can view my drive contents, but for whatever reason it gives me an error that it can't create an ext3 partition when it attempts to do so. I've read about a few other instances of this happening but all are from 2007 it seems and I see no resolution.

I'm currently installing it WUBI (uugghh!) but I'm curious if there's a way to get it installed. Someone suggested format Ext3 in windows, then install afterward, but the only program I have found that does that costs $$$.

 

Hi,
have you tried boot up live cd and create new partition on your HDD?
E.g.:
1. boot up live distro
2. fdisk -l (list partitons and disks)
3. fdisk /dev/sdx, mdx ... (or whatever is reported by the fdisk -l )
4. create new partitions on your device
5. mkfs.ext3 /dev/sdx, mdx ....
6. reboot and start install of desired distro
done

man fdisk, man mkfs ...

If you have success with this, then install itself is not a problem then.
Anyway, seams to be quite strange, to be able to create partitions and then not able to format it ...

gl&hf

 

You can open gparted from a terminal and get error output there. Also check your system logs for errors, hard to help with no error messages. Good luck.