Cannot Install to External USB HDD
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ubiquity (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
I'm trying to install Ubuntu 8.10 onto my laptop (Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo Pi 2515).
For various reasons, I don't want it installed to my internal HDD, so I'm trying to install it on an external HDD connected through USB.
I run the Live CD and after Ubuntu has gone through its setting up, I plug in the external HDD.
Ubuntu sees the three parts of the external HDD. I can read files stored there and save files to those partitions. The fact that Ubuntu can see the external HDD is evidenced by the output of SUDO FDISK -L, which is:
Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x509ee0a7
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 1530 12288000 27 Unknown
/dev/sda2 * 1530 13567 96685056 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda4 13567 19458 47314944 7 HPFS/NTFS
Partition 4 does not end on cylinder boundary.
Disk /dev/sdb: 80.0 GB, 80026361344 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x94e494e4
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 1 2010 16145293+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdb2 2011 8538 52436160 5 Extended
/dev/sdb3 8539 8610 578340 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sdb4 * 8611 9729 8988367+ 83 Linux
/dev/sdb5 2011 8538 52436128+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
So now I try to run the Install program. Steps 1-3 are OK and routine, but I hit problems on step 4 because Ubuntu will only give me the option of installing to my internal HDD. Devices /dev/sdb? are completely ignored, as is demonstrated on the attached screenshot.
I can only attach one file it seems, but if I select "Manual" instead of guided I get a screen offering me the option of setting up further partitions, but only of my internal HDD (sda).
| Roger Allott (s-g-barker) wrote | #1 |
| Roger Allott (s-g-barker) wrote | #2 |
| Michael Wilson (mwilsonemt) wrote | #3 |
| affects: | ubuntu → ubiquity (Ubuntu) |
| Phillip Susi (psusi) wrote | #4 |
| Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Fix Released |
Thank you for taking the time to report this issue and helping to make Ubuntu better. I just want to confirm that when you see this, there is no drop down in the upper right hand corner to change drives. I have successfully completed the task that you are attempting, so I can not confirm this bug.