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There should be an option somewhere for that. If it sees individual drives, then it's probably not true hardware RAID in the first place


It is possible it's not true hardware RAID but the spec sheet on the board says Intel ICH7R with Software RAID 0,1,10,5. There is an Intel Bios Setup for the RAID which is straightforward enough.

I went ahead and set up Ubuntu 6.10 after the RAID setup and installed on the first disk. But it would not but with the RAID enabled in the BIOS. Once I disabled that, it booted to the single disk.

Question. I recall there might be a way to setup using Ubuntu for a software RAID which is plenty OK for me. Will that work and bypass the Intel RAID?

It is definitely seeing the individual drives on install.