colin@colin-ThinkPad-T41:~/Desktop$ sudo ./freshInstall.sh
Partition Disk: /dev/sdb...
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33554432 bytes (34 MB) copied, 0.159296 s, 211 MB/s
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33554432 bytes (34 MB) copied, 0.173278 s, 194 MB/s
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33554432 bytes (34 MB) copied, 4.06318 s, 8.3 MB/s
32+0 records in
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33554432 bytes (34 MB) copied, 0.189398 s, 177 MB/s
Testing with pattern 0xe5: done
Reading and comparing: done
GNU Parted 2.3
Using /dev/sdb
Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands.
(parted) mklabel gpt
(parted) mkpart primary 528M  2576M
(parted) mkpart primary 2576M 4624M
(parted) mkpart primary 16M 528M
(parted) mkpart primary 4624M -1M
(parted) set 1 raid on
(parted) set 2 raid on
(parted) quit
Information: You may need to update /etc/fstab.

Model: Generic External (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 1000GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt

Number  Start   End     Size    File system  Name     Flags
 3      15.7MB  528MB   513MB                primary
 1      528MB   2576MB  2048MB               primary  raid
 2      2576MB  4624MB  2048MB               primary  raid
 4      4624MB  1000GB  996GB                primary

mdadm: Unrecognised md component device - /dev/sdb1
mdadm: Unrecognised md component device - /dev/sdb2
mdadm: Note: this array has metadata at the start and
    may not be suitable as a boot device.  If you plan to
    store '/boot' on this device please ensure that
    your boot-loader understands md/v1.x metadata, or use
    --metadata=0.90
mdadm: size set to 1998836K
mdadm: creation continuing despite oddities due to --run
mdadm: Defaulting to version 1.2 metadata
mdadm: array /dev/md0 started.
Setting up swapspace version 1, size = 500732 KiB
no label, UUID=8cdaec25-7ff7-45e2-9460-af9f8d31c3ca
mke2fs 1.41.14 (22-Dec-2010)
Filesystem label=
OS type: Linux
Block size=4096 (log=2)
Fragment size=4096 (log=2)
Stride=0 blocks, Stripe width=0 blocks
124928 inodes, 499709 blocks
24985 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user
First data block=0
Maximum filesystem blocks=511705088
16 block groups
32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group
7808 inodes per group
Superblock backups stored on blocks:
    32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912

Checking for bad blocks (read-only test): done
Writing inode tables: done
Creating journal (8192 blocks): done
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done

This filesystem will be automatically checked every 23 mounts or
180 days, whichever comes first.  Use tune2fs -c or -i to override.
Warning: blocksize 65536 not usable on most systems.
mke2fs 1.41.14 (22-Dec-2010)
mkfs.ext4: 65536-byte blocks too big for system (max 4096)
Proceed anyway? (y,n) y
Warning: 65536-byte blocks too big for system (max 4096), forced to continue
Filesystem label=
OS type: Linux
Block size=65536 (log=6)
Fragment size=65536 (log=6)
Stride=0 blocks, Stripe width=0 blocks
15144960 inodes, 15191344 blocks
0 blocks (0.00%) reserved for the super user
First data block=0
Maximum filesystem blocks=133677056
232 block groups
65528 blocks per group, 65528 fragments per group
65280 inodes per group
Superblock backups stored on blocks:
    65528, 196584, 327640, 458696, 589752, 1638200, 1769256, 3210872,
    5307768, 8191000

Writing inode tables: done
Creating journal (32768 blocks): done
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done

This filesystem will be automatically checked every 21 mounts or
180 days, whichever comes first.  Use tune2fs -c or -i to override.
mdadm: added /dev/sdb2

Please wait for raid RE-SYNC to complete..
/dev/md0:
        Version : 1.2
  Creation Time : Wed May 25 22:43:34 2011
     Raid Level : raid1
     Array Size : 1998836 (1952.32 MiB 2046.81 MB)
  Used Dev Size : 1998836 (1952.32 MiB 2046.81 MB)
   Raid Devices : 2
  Total Devices : 2
    Persistence : Superblock is persistent

    Update Time : Wed May 25 22:49:36 2011
          State : clean
 Active Devices : 2
Working Devices : 2
 Failed Devices : 0
  Spare Devices : 0

           Name : colin-ThinkPad-T41:0  (local to host colin-ThinkPad-T41)
           UUID : f3fa8fc8:57516111:37d2a1d9:dd38e0b5
         Events : 23

    Number   Major   Minor   RaidDevice State
       0       8       17        0      active sync   /dev/sdb1
       2       8       18        1      active sync   /dev/sdb2
Done.


colin@colin-ThinkPad-T41:~/Desktop$ sudo dd if=rootfs.img of=/dev/md0
dd: writing to `/dev/md0': No space left on device
3997673+0 records in
3997672+0 records out
2046808064 bytes (2.0 GB) copied, 514.386 s, 4.0 MB/s