I am trying to install SLES11 on a computer with a X9SCL/X9SCM
SuperMicro motherboard. The BIOS version is 1.1a (9/28/2011)
.
The SATA controller configuration gives me the following choices:
- AHCI
- RAID (Intel or LSI)
- IDE
- Disabled
I have tried both AHCI and IDE and with both of them, when the SLES11 installer comes up, it says it sees a "BIOS RAID" disk that it wants to install onto. If I go to the Export screen in the installer, under "Hard Drives" it shows me /dev/mapper/ddf_some_long_string
, /dev/sda
, and /dev/sdb
but says the latter two are in use.
Surely the BIOS RAID isn't non-disableable? Perhaps there's old BIOS RAID metadata on the drives and the kernel is seeing it and being confused by it?