Installing Ubuntu for triple boot with XP and Vista in a RAID 1 configuration troubles.

Well, I think the title says it all. Basically I have 4 partitions on my HD right now. One for XP, one for Vista, one for Ubuntu, and one for my data. They are configured in a RAID 1 array through Intel software on my motherboard. When I tried to install Ubuntu I didn't know where to install it to. My two HD's came up as 250GB each seperately, it didn't seem to recognize the partitions nor the RAID array.

Any ideas on how to remedy this issue. I have used Linux many times, but I have never installed it (except for as a virtual machine). Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

 

This being a notebook-centric site is a bit off-topic... you might have better luck on a general ubunti forum. However I've give it a shot...

Onboard RAID controllers (at least in the past) haven't been that Linux friendly -- so you might have to choose between using RAID on Windows or on Linux. You *could* use Software RAID thats built into Linux but that'd probably be more of a pain than its worth if you want to dual boot.

To find out if the RAID controller on the motherboard will work under linux, first hit Asus's website and identify the chipsets used on it. Knowing your hardware help here.. Search for it in google along with "linux" or just search on:

http://www.google.com/linux

Wish I could be more help... ironically enough I work on servers and my own notebooks so what goes on in the desktop space usually is too out scope for me these days. I'm guessing it'll have something to do with AHCI driver.

 

Yea, it looks like it may be a little more trouble than its worth. I appreciate the help though.

I think I am going to keep it as a virtual machine in Vista. I will however install it along with XP on my notebook (I'll be reinstalling both XP and Ubuntu later today).