I recall reading somewhere that software raid set up in Windows is not easily readable/mountable from Ubuntu and vice-versa (correct me if I'm wrong), you may wish to research that first just in case.
I have a similar set up to what you're after though (I have Win7 on SSD, 2x 500gb in RAID0 for storage, and 1x 500gb hdd for important data with a partition for ubuntu) My steps were:
- Setup the RAID via the BIOS (I used on-board Intel RAID controller as it seemed the easiest option).
- Install Windows 7 onto SSD.
- Partition the 500gb drive from Disk Management in Windows.
- Reboot with ubuntu disc and install onto the partition.
- Ubuntu installer should auto detect the Win7 install and setup the boot loader for you automatically.
Only problem with my setup is that since onboard RAID controller is "fake" RAID, I need to do a few more steps in Ubuntu to get the RAID0 volume to show up properly. It shows up fine in Win7 though.
Hope that helps in some way :)
10-4. I am going to test this setup and see how it works. I figured sharing a workgroup folder over server would be the tried & true best method using Samba. But that isn't an option. Anyway, I will keep the flash drive handy just in case. Thanks for the additional insight. – Hans – 2010-06-07T00:09:09.507