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installing Ubuntu Lucid 12.04 (12.04.3) on a system with with "fakeraid" (motherboard-based raid) RAID-1 Mirroring
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  1. Configure your system's mirror setup
  2. Boot into Ubuntu livecd (or xubuntu if you hate Unity)
  3. Select Try Ubuntu
  4. Open up gparted (gnu partition editor)
  5. Select the RADIDed device (/dev/mapper/something...)
  6. Select the Device menu and select "create partition table"
  7. Under the Advanced dropdown, select gpt for the partition type, and continue
  8. Close gparted
  9. Open the Ubuntu installer program from the desktop
  10. Select "Something else" when it comes to the "Installation Type" panel, and continue
  11. Select your RAIDed device (/dev/mapper/something...)
  12. Click the revert button
  13. Select "/dev/dm-0" (or something similar) in the drop down menu for bootloader installation
  14. Click the Back button
  15. Select "Erase disk and install" on the "Installation Type" panel, and continue
  16. Continue normally
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