external HDD blocks install on internal one

[Enno Borgsteede]

When I try to install Ubuntu on a PC with an external HDD that's connected via USB, I can't select the internal one to install Ubuntu on. I have to disconnect the external one(s), and then go back a few steps in the installation procedure until I see the screen that asks me whether I want to install Ubuntu next to Windows, replace it, or create my own partitions. Once I select to install next to Windows again, my internal HDD is displayed, and everything works fine from there.

This phenomenon happens on all the PC's that I've tried Ubuntu on, which are:

1. MSI desktop system, bought in 2003, with Windows XP,
2. Medion laptop, bought in 2009, with Windows 7,
3. Acer Aspire 7250, bought in 2012, with Windows 7.

I'm typing this on PC number 3.

[Enno Borgsteede (ennoborg)]

Version is the latest BETA, downloaded today. AMD 64 desktop.

[Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. It seems that your bug report is not filed about a specific source package though, rather it is just filed against Ubuntu in general. It is important that bug reports be filed about source packages so that people interested in the package can find the bugs about it. You can find some hints about determining what package your bug might be about at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/FindRightPackage. You might also ask for help in the #ubuntu-bugs irc channel on Freenode.

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[Enno Borgsteede (ennoborg)]

I changed the package without knowing what exact package is involved in choosing the drive to install Ubuntu on. Hence it's just ubiquity since that is mentioned in the wiki for install issues.

[Enno Borgsteede (ennoborg)]

Allthough this report applies to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS beta 2, it's not new, I think, because I had the same problem with 11.10.

[Simon Quigley (tsimonq2)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We are sorry that we do not always have the capacity to look at all reported bugs in a timely manner. There have been many changes in Ubuntu since that time you reported the bug and your problem may have been fixed with some of the updates. It would help us a lot if you could test it on a currently supported Ubuntu version. If you test it and it is still an issue, kindly upload the updated logs by running only once:
apport-collect 976545

and any other logs that are relevant for this particular issue.

[Enno Borgsteede (ennoborg)]

It's been a long time since I filed this, and I switched to Linux Mint years ago, because of its UI, but I just tested an ubuntu 17.10 DVD and found that the install can find /dev/sda now, even with the external disk plugged in, so as far as I'm concerned, the issue has been solved.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for ubiquity (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]