Edgy know 2 - Installer does not detect disk partitions

[Ari]

I have a Dell Latitude D620 laptop, It has a single SATA disk, with existing NTFS and FAT32 partitions and lots of free space.

When I boot with my Edgy Knot 2 liveCD and launch the graphical installer, the disk is detected but not any of my existing partitions. The installer shows an empty, non partioned, totally unallocated disk.

Curiously, if I launch Nautilius via Places > Computer, my NTFS and FAT32 volume labels are shown!!

I tried launching the installer in text mode: exactly the same problem. I am disappointed with this, I didn't expect to run into this issue.

I also tried a Dapper 6.06.1 liveCD, same results. I hoped that Edgy would fix the problem but so far it didn't. The problem is a bit frustrating, I can't afford wiping the existing partitions.

Thanks!

[Ari (ari-reads)]

Today I tried booting the laptop with Knoppix 5.0.1 (kernel 2.6.17); same results: Knoppix desktop shows icons for all my existing partitions; but when I try to install it to the hard disk, the partitioner (qtparted) does not detect any existing partition, and shows the disk as fully unallocated. This looks like lack of support for this type of disk at the kernel level. :(

[torb (torrb)]

I have the same problem with the edgy RC on an ASUS L5800DF.

gparted shows the harddrive as unallocated space, as does the installer.

Is there any information about my system I can supply to help solve this bug?

[Hervé Fache (rvfh)]

Same problem in Feisty: if there is no free space on the drive, none of the existing partitions are detected.

[Matthew Woerly (nattgew)]

The original report says that there was lots of free space on the drive.
Is the same issue in Gutsy or Hardy?

[phr0ze (pcgenius)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering is this still an issue for you? Can you try with latest Ubuntu release? Thanks in advance.

[Hervé Fache (rvfh)]

I believe my last install is proof enough that this is indeed fixed: I
prepared my partitions manually and installation went on without a
hitch.

Thanks for the reminder :)