[Leaplist] RAID woes. [Fixed]

[ozz at ozz.is-a-geek.net]

> I'm having some issues setting up a software RAID on a Debian Etch box:

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> Now, sda, sdb and sdd all show '300.0 GB FREE SPACE' whereas sdc and sde
> show 'pri/log  300.0 GB FREE SPACE'.  This would normally be corrected by
> selecting the drive and creating a new partition table.  I can do this on
> sdc and sde, but if I try this on the other three drives it just kicks me
> back to the above screen.
>
> If I select sda, sdb or sdd to set up a RAID partition, it does not give
> me the option.  However, sdc and sde do.

After dropping to a shell, running fdisk on the offending drives was
enough to kill the partition table sufficiently for the installer to
re-create the partition tables correctly.

Regards,
Ozz.