[01:03] <Spectre338> I have a 12 TB raid array setup and am trying to use the mythbuntu live disk to install. It only shows 4 TB of the 12TB. When I select it and figure ill expand it later the install hangs and tells me it detected GPT but not the fake MSDOS partition.
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[01:20] <Shadow__X> Spectre338: can we get some information of the array? is it hardware/software raid? did you partition it in windows etc
[01:23] <Spectre338> Hardware RAID on a Gigabyte Z77-D3H, I have not booted it into windows
[01:23] <Spectre338> RAID 5 on 6 3TB Seagate SATA drives
[01:27] <Spectre338> My usable space is just under 14TB not the 12TB mentioned earlier **typo
[01:34] <Shadow__X> Spectre338: what controller are you using
[01:35] <Shadow__X> it sounds like you might be using the raid feature of the motherboard. If thats the case its actually software raid and you are better off using linux kernel raid and using mdadm to set it up
[01:37] <Spectre338> useing Intel RAID controller H77
[01:38] <Shadow__X> yeah thats actually software raid. For windows to even detect that you need to install a driver. Since you are trying to use software raid on the motherboard your best (only read) bet is to use linux raid
[01:39] <Spectre338> using raid456 in the kernel?
[01:39] <Shadow__X> when using the motherboards raid its really more like fake raid as its not hardware raid. Hardware raid is only when you use a card that has a dedicated cpu for xor operations
[01:39] <Shadow__X> Spectre338:with linux raid the operation system will do the raid stuff for you
[01:40] <Shadow__X> most operating systems can do software raid and linux raid in particular is really good and reliable
[01:41] <Shadow__X> Spectre338: this would be an example of a hardware raid card http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816151102
[01:41] <Zinn> [www.newegg.com] Newegg.com - areca ARC-1213-4I PCI-Express 2.0 x8 Low Profile SATA / SAS 4-Port RAID Controller
[01:42] <Shadow__X> notice on the details it lists a 800mhz raid on chip processor, 512mb ecc ram
[01:42] <Shadow__X> also that it is ready for a battery backup module
[01:44] <Spectre338> i see that
[01:45] <Spectre338> my google-fu fails me. How do i set up a Linux RAID while in mythbuntu
[01:45] <Spectre338> ?
[01:46] <Spectre338> the ones ive found use mdadm is this what i should be using?
[01:46] <Shadow__X> yeah, that is what i use and it has been solid. I have added drives,rebuilt the array and it has done fantastic
[01:47] <Shadow__X> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mdadm
[01:47] <Zinn> [en.wikipedia.org] mdadm - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[01:48] <Shadow__X> that is one reasource but i am trying to find the best one
[01:48] <Spectre338> This is one i found https://raid.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/RAID_setup#General_setup
[01:48] <Zinn> [raid.wiki.kernel.org] RAID setup - Linux Raid Wiki
[01:49] <Shadow__X> i would not do modprobe raid456 as i am fairly certain most kernels have that at this point
[01:49] <Shadow__X> or at the very least i do not remember needing to do that
[01:50] <Spectre338> I am new to this method. At work i use Dell H700 and PERC-6 RAID controlers. very diffrent animal
[01:51] <Shadow__X> http://man-wiki.net/index.php/8:mdadm
[01:51] <Zinn> [man-wiki.net] 8:mdadm - Linux Man Pages Manual Documentation for Linux / Solaris / UNIX / BSD
[01:51] <Shadow__X> yes
[01:51] <Spectre338> Is there any issue doing that in the "try mythbuntu before installing"?
[01:52] <Shadow__X> no other than you needed to remember to add the drive to stab by uuid
[01:52] <Shadow__X> it would appear that the dell h700 wiuth perc 6 is hardware raid btw
[01:53] <Shadow__X> this should help http://www.ducea.com/2009/03/08/mdadm-cheat-sheet/
[01:53] <Zinn> [www.ducea.com] N/A
[01:54] <Spectre338> That was my point. Battery buckup and all
[01:54] <Spectre338> roger that i will give it a shot thank you for you assistance
[01:54] <Shadow__X> yup, also you do not need to install mdadm from a .deb its in the repo so install it from there
[01:56] <Shadow__X> this also looks pretty good http://zackreed.me/articles/38-software-raid-5-in-debian-with-mdadm
[01:56] <Zinn> [zackreed.me] #38 Software RAID 5 in Ubuntu/Debian with mdadm
[02:36] <loganrun> can't get lirc to start with "service start lirc"
[02:36] <loganrun> if I do ircd -H dev/input -d /dev/input/event14 -n
[02:37] <loganrun> things seem to work I think, some of the howtos talk about hardware.conf but that doesn't seem to do anything so far
[02:37] <Shadow__X> loganrun: its sudo service lirc restart or start
[02:39] <loganrun> yeah. i just found some more info on the hardware.conf file, think that is where my issue may lie, I think I was missing some stuff
[02:39] <loganrun> not sure what I actually need in it though since the simple command seemed to work
[02:40] <loganrun> wonder if the arguments are defined someware
[02:40] <Shadow__X> loganrun: do you have mythbuntu?
[02:42] <loganrun> no
[02:44] <Shadow__X> ok well either way you can install mythbuntu control center and it will take care of setting up your remote with lirc
[02:44] <Shadow__X> also it includes mappings for a few remotes
[02:48] <loganrun> hmm, o.k. If I can't get this working I'll give that  shot, I think I am about one line in the config file away, but who knows
[02:48] <Shadow__X> loganrun: well, i mean its an app that takes care of setting all that up for you
[02:49] <Shadow__X> key mapping lirc all of that
[02:49] <Shadow__X> its just much easier to use mythbuntu control center also it can help with other settings too
[02:49] <Shadow__X> plus mythbuntu devs provide a repo that will give you up to date builts of mythtv which makes life even easier
[02:50] <loganrun> what app should I install apt-get mythbuntu_controlcenter?
[02:52] <Shadow__X> mythbuntu-control-centre
[02:56] <Shadow__X> if you are having trouble finding it you can use this http://www.mythbuntu.org/existing-ubuntu
[02:56] <Zinn> [www.mythbuntu.org] Add to Ubuntu | Mythbuntu
[02:58] <loganrun> I found it
[02:59] <Shadow__X> i would also recommend using the auto builds
[02:59] <Shadow__X> thats your best bet to keep up with bug fixes
[03:01] <loganrun> yeah that looks pretty good, but currently I have my remote set up iw ir_keytables, and lircd is supposed to connect to that
[03:01] <loganrun> not sure how I would migrate
[03:01] <loganrun> my remote control will not be in any database per se
[03:03] <Shadow__X> oh ok
[03:03] <Shadow__X> then your best bet might be to fix the logs so it could just auto start. I should of asked what type of rmeote you were using
[03:04] <loganrun> yeah basically I had a hauppage pvr remote then used those codes as the basis for the programmable remote and added a few more buttons,
[03:05] <loganrun> but the mapping is now not too related to where it started
[03:06] <Shadow__X> hmm so not like on of these http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/MCE_Remote
[03:06] <Zinn> [www.mythtv.org] MCE Remote - MythTV Official Wiki
[03:07] <Shadow__X> there is also this page http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Category:Remote_Controls
[03:07] <Zinn> [www.mythtv.org] Category:Remote Controls - MythTV Official Wiki
[03:11] <loganrun> o.k. looks like /etc/init.d/lirc fails somewhere in the starting remote control dameon(S) section
[03:11] <loganrun> but I don't know what that has to do with anything
[03:14] <Shadow__X> if that fails that means somewhere in your config you have errors that stops lirc from running properly