N00B + RAID1 + Final exams = kicked out of uni + no RIAD1

[Dionysian]

have a 320Gb IDE with Kubuntu 7.10 and am now wanting to attach a RIAD1 array to store my all the work i havn't done yet.

I have 2 SATA 80Gb disks attached to a Promise RIAD controller in Mirror mode.

I'm not posting here because i cannot be bothered to check the Wiki or other posts....but am not really getting anywhere. Through stupidity or not who knows.

fdisk -lu=

*****@******:~$ sudo fdisk -lu
[sudo] password for ******

Disk /dev/sda: 80.0 GB, 80060424192 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9733 cylinders, total 156368016 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

Disk /dev/sda doesn't contain a valid partition table

Disk /dev/sdb: 80.0 GB, 80060424192 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9733 cylinders, total 156368016 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

Disk /dev/sdb doesn't contain a valid partition table

Disk /dev/sdc: 320.0 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders, total 625142448 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000562b5

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdc1 * 63 619080839 309540388+ 83 Linux
/dev/sdc2 619080840 625137344 3028252+ 5 Extended
/dev/sdc5 619080903 625137344 3028221 82 Linux swap / Solaris

Disk /dev/dm-0: 80.0 GB, 80000000000 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9726 cylinders, total 156250000 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

Disk /dev/dm-0 doesn't contain a valid partition table

FSTAB=

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# /dev/sda1
UUID=023dcf77-e767-4582-8143-4b71543d0c2a / ext3 nouser,defaults,errors=remount-ro,atime,auto,rw,dev,exec,suid 0 1
# /dev/sda5
UUID=92e16fca-58fd-4020-9adc-d01b2fb3e7b7 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660

# floppy
user,atime,noauto,rw,dev,exec,suid 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto user,atime,noauto,rw,dev,exec,suid 0 0
<device> <mount\040point> auto users,atime,noauto,rw,nodev,noexec,nosuid 0 0
<device> <mount\040point> auto

# /dev/sda1
users,atime,noauto,rw,nodev,noexec,nosuid 0 0
LABEL=1 /sda1 ext3 users,atime,auto,rw,nodev,noexec,nosuid 0 0
<device> <mount\040point> ext2 nouser,loop,atime,noauto,rw,nodev,noexec,nosuid 0 0

# RIAD180Gb
/dev/dm-0 /media/RAID180Gb ext3 defaults 0 0

I have added some lines as you can see and am not really sure what i am doing as it has not worked.

I really cannot figure out what to do i have tried GParted after installing dmRAID and found it was not doing the job so did tried commands in the terminal.

There are so many sites with so much and i am not sure which parts are relevent and am prob just messing things up.

Please help

[Dionysian]

Re: N00B + RAID1 + Final exams = kicked out of uni + no RIAD1

Sorry forgot this:

Version of Kubuntu you are running; 7.10
CPU type: 32 bit
manufacturer: Intel
motherboard manufacturer; asus
desktop
1 320Gb PATA 2x 80Gb SATA in fake RAID promise controller mirror mode
keyboard/mouse connection type -PS/2
video card brand and model nVidia 7300 GT

[Gediminas2]

Re: N00B + RAID1 + Final exams = kicked out of uni + no RIAD1

Disk /dev/sd* doesn't contain a valid partition table

This might mean that the disks are unformatted, partitioned in a way, that they cannot be read or attached wrong.

does gparted show any partitions in them?

[Dionysian]

Re: N00B + RAID1 + Final exams = kicked out of uni + no RIAD1

Yeah gparted show partitions on both disks. Only one massive 80Gb ext.3 partition.

Do you know what else it could be?