Setting up raid0 and 2 drives

Having a problem completing the raid setup with my 2 80GB drives. I followed the wiki perfectly from what I can tell. When I run LVDISPLAY
It shows
LV Name /dev/array/root
VG Name array
LV Status available
LV Size 50GB
PVDISPLAY shows
PV Name /dev/md0
VG name array
PV Size 148GB
VGDISPLAY shows
VG Name array
format lvm2
VG SIze 148GB
everything appears to be in order. When I try to install, Arch sees the 2 physical drives sda and sdb.?
Is this normal, and if so I cant seem to get the installer to setup the raid properly??
I setup the partitions as 100MB /boot, 50GB root, and I want to make the rest for /home...
Can anyone help

This is generally what I do when I'm setting up my raid stuffs...after booting off of core install ... because I want to load packages from the cd/disk img or maybe I'm networkless for whatever reason.
1. Configure the individual drives /dev/sd{a,b,c,d...} with 'cfdisk' (however you want)
(gotcha: don't forget to do the math...i.e. "if I want a 100MB RAID10 /boot and I have 4 drives, then ...." it's comical to wind up with a 10GB /boot or something )
2. Reboot & confirm drives have been chopped up how I wanted/intended.
3. Check/Load kernel & raid modules/apps & configure raids --RAID0 you say?
# mdadm --create /dev/md1 --level=0 --raid-devices=2 /dev/sda5 /dev/sdb5
3. Create any desired LVMs & PVMs.
4. /arch/install
It is very important to note that if, for whatever reason, you reboot BEFORE the install has actually finished, you will need to manually reload kernel modules, install mdadm (and anything else you need) and re-create/re-assemble any RAID/LVM partitions before running /arch/install again.
After you do it a few times it becomes a breeze I promise ... i credit the wikis

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Yes
[Wednesday, October 24, 2012 10:51 PM] -- JOLLY R says:
May I know since when you are facing the issue?
[Wednesday, October 24, 2012 10:51 PM] -- Rick Friedman says:
I few weeks ago now
[Wednesday, October 24, 2012 10:52 PM] -- Rick Friedman says:
HP swapped out the DVD drive and I swapped out the HDD's
[Wednesday, October 24, 2012 10:53 PM] -- JOLLY R says:
Please click on the start button and click on computer.
[Wednesday, October 24, 2012 10:53 PM] -- Rick Friedman says:
Reimaged, renamed, removed, rotated them to different bays.
[Wednesday, October 24, 2012 10:53 PM] -- Rick Friedman says:
ok
[Wednesday, October 24, 2012 10:53 PM] -- Rick Friedman says:
Open\
[Wednesday, October 24, 2012 10:53 PM] -- JOLLY R says:
Is the CD/DVD drive getting detected ?
[Wednesday, October 24, 2012 10:54 PM] -- Rick Friedman says:
Yes
[Wednesday, October 24, 2012 10:54 PM] -- Rick Friedman says:
Yes
[Wednesday, October 24, 2012 10:55 PM] -- JOLLY R says:
So you need te reseat the CD/DVD drive and the hard drive .
[Wednesday, October 24, 2012 10:55 PM] -- Rick Friedman says:
I did, over and over and over
[Wednesday, October 24, 2012 10:55 PM] -- JOLLY R says:
Okay
[Wednesday, October 24, 2012 10:56 PM] -- Rick Friedman says:
I have swapped out the dvd drive and hard drives
[Wednesday, October 24, 2012 10:57 PM] -- JOLLY R says:
Since you have already reseated the hard drive and CD/DVD drive, you need to send the notebook in for a bench repair.
[Wednesday, October 24, 2012 10:57 PM] -- JOLLY R says:
It will be a mail in repair service. I will send you a box along with packaging materials and a prepaid shipping label. Once you pack your notebook in the box you can drop it off at you nearest fedex drop box or you can schedule a pickup.
[Wednesday, October 24, 2012 10:57 PM] -- JOLLY R says:
Box would contain- packaging material, shipping instructions & pre-paid shipping label.
• Once you receive the box you need to put the notebook inside the box (without any accessories), call fed-ex- (1800-463-3339).
• Fed-ex would come at your place pick it up and send it back to hp.
• This service will cost you $0.00
• Standard turn around time for service is 7-9 business days.
You can check the status of your order by going to: www.hp.com/go/csostatus or by calling HP Customer Care at 1-800-hpinvent (1-800-474-6836).
Your repair service has an estimated turn around time of 7 to 9 business days from when we receive your product at our repair center.
[Wednesday, October 24, 2012 10:57 PM] -- JOLLY R says:
In order to set up a service request please provide the following information:
* Full Name:
* Mailing Address (No P.O. Boxes):
* Apartment/Building/Mailstop:
* City:
* State:
* Zip/Postal Code:
* E-Mail address
* Phone Number (including area code):
* Best time to call
* Time zone of your region
[Wednesday, October 24, 2012 10:57 PM] -- Rick Friedman says:
Dont I have on-site?
[Wednesday, October 24, 2012 10:58 PM] -- JOLLY R says:
Let me check.
[Wednesday, October 24, 2012 10:59 PM] -- Rick Friedman says:
This laptop is my life, my livelyhood.
[Wednesday, October 24, 2012 10:59 PM] -- Rick Friedman says:
I can not be without iot...
[Wednesday, October 24, 2012 11:00 PM] -- JOLLY R says:
I do understand that .
[Wednesday, October 24, 2012 11:02 PM] -- JOLLY R says:
Yes, you do have onsite , but a technician can be sent to your place only if any part needs to be replaced .
[Wednesday, October 24, 2012 11:02 PM] -- JOLLY R says:
As the notebook needs to be repaired , you have to send it to the HP service center.
[Wednesday, October 24, 2012 11:02 PM] -- Rick Friedman says:
It is the motherboard
[Wednesday, October 24, 2012 11:03 PM] -- Rick Friedman says:
What is the difference between repair and replaced?
[Wednesday, October 24, 2012 11:03 PM] -- JOLLY R says:
It will be repaired and returned back to you .
[Wednesday, October 24, 2012 11:04 PM] -- Rick Friedman says:
But what is there to be repaired if your not replacing anything?
[Wednesday, October 24, 2012 11:04 PM] -- JOLLY R says:
If any hardware part needs to be replaced , a technician can be sent to your place .
[Wednesday, October 24, 2012 11:04 PM] -- JOLLY R says:
But since the notebook needs to be repaired ,you have to send it .
[Wednesday, October 24, 2012 11:05 PM] -- Rick Friedman says:
What is the difference between repaired and replacing something... So you mean that nothing will be repaired on my laptop?
[Wednesday, October 24, 2012 11:06 PM] -- Rick Friedman says:
This is NOT right
[Wednesday, October 24, 2012 11:06 PM] -- JOLLY R says:
I mentioned earlier that you need to send the notebook for repair.
[Wednesday, October 24, 2012 11:06 PM] -- Rick Friedman says:
I would like to talk to someone about this.
[Wednesday, October 24, 2012 11:06 PM] -- JOLLY R says:
It will be repaired and returned back to you .
[Wednesday, October 24, 2012 11:07 PM] -- Rick Friedman says:
What is the turn around time on this?
[Wednesday, October 24, 2012 11:07 PM] -- JOLLY R says:
It is 7 to 9 business days.
[Wednesday, October 24, 2012 11:08 PM] -- Rick Friedman says:
NO WAYYYY!
[Wednesday, October 24, 2012 11:08 PM] -- JOLLY R says:
If you want to talk to someone , you need to call our voice support in the direct number 1-800-474-68386 and refer to serviceticket number - {Private Information Removed}.
[Wednesday, October 24, 2012 11:08 PM] -- Rick Friedman says:
OK, thx
[Wednesday, October 24, 2012 11:08 PM] -- JOLLY R says:
We also have an expedite shipment, where the turn around time is 4 to 6 business days .
[Wednesday, October 24, 2012 11:09 PM] -- JOLLY R says:
Please take down the service ticket number {Private Information Removed} and SR ID {Private Information Removed} for future reference.
[Wednesday, October 24, 2012 11:09 PM] -- JOLLY R says:
You are welcome.
[Wednesday, October 24, 2012 11:09 PM] -- JOLLY R says:
Is there anything else apart from this I can help you with now ?
[Wednesday, October 24, 2012 11:09 PM] -- Rick Friedman says:
No
[Wednesday, October 24, 2012 11:09 PM] -- JOLLY R says:
Thank you

I have just installed Photoshop Elements for a MAC. MY photos were in iPhoto, I have 47,000 pictures and my drive on my Mac laptop is not large enough. I store my photos in iPhoto on an external drive. Can I store all my photos on an external drive when u

I have just installed Photoshop Elements for a MAC. MY photos were in iPhoto, I have 47,000 pictures and my drive on my Mac laptop is not large enough. I store my photos in iPhoto on an external drive. Can I store all my photos on an external drive when using Photoshop Elements? If so, in what format should they be stored in? I do I move them from iPhoto to the new storage location? How do I call them up in organizer? And how do I call them up to Edit? I do not want to store any pictures on my Apple Mac laptop. I want to store pictures on several external devices.

Yes you can store images on an external hard dive and have them referenced in Organizer. It’s best to export copies to separate folders/subfolders and that will ensure iPhoto does not get corrupted.
Alternatively you could continue to use iPhoto with the Elements Editor set up in the iPhoto prefs as your external editing app. Then there is no need to use Organizer and no need to duplicate your images.
You can then call up photos directly from iPhoto as normal with the additional option e.g.
Double-click on a thumbnail to edit in iPhoto editor.
Control (right) - click on a thumbnail to edit in the elements app.
http://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop-elements/kb/photoshop-elements-iphoto-mac-os.html

IIMac (crt) OS 9.2 will not boot and slot drive will not release CD

I have just received an iMac (from a friend) its was working find, but now I can't get a music CD out of the slot drive. The OS will only start if I hold the "shift key." I'd like to re install the OS. I've tried the "hold the mouse button down at start up" thing, but that does nothing.
Any other options?
Help!
Tav-

Hi skierward,
You probably have an Extention Conflict. Boot the machine with the shift key held down, as you have been doing, then go to Apple Menu>Control Panel>Extention Manager. Change the 'Extention Set' to Basic, and reboot. Hopfully this will help. Once you can boot normally, hopefully you will be able to eject the CD.
You can also try Open Firmware.
To eject a disc with Open Firmware commands, follow these steps:
1. Restart the computer.
2. Immediately after the startup sound, press and hold the key combination Command-Option-O-F.
Note: The Command key has the Apple icon on it.
3. Release the keys when you see a white screen that says "Welcome to Open Firmware."
4. At the prompt, type: eject cd
5. Press Return, then wait a few seconds. The disc drive should eject any disc that is present, and "ok" appears behind your command when the action is complete.
6. Type: mac-boot
7. Press Return..
Rick

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