I do not know if this matters but here is a comparison list I made.
Xubuntu 12.10 Beta2 installed to 80Gb Hdd
gnome-disk-utility works No Bug
gparted works No Bug
hardInfo works No Bug
Lubuntu 12.10 Beta2 Live USB
gnome-disk-utility Bug#983681
gparted Bug#1056540
hard Info Bug#1029212
Brian
80GB HDD /dev/sda
250GB HDD /dev/sdb
I do not know if this matters but here is a comparison list I made.
Xubuntu 12.10 Beta2 installed to 80Gb Hdd
gnome-disk-utility works No Bug
gparted works No Bug
hardInfo works No Bug
Lubuntu 12.10 Beta2 Live USB
gnome-disk-utility Bug#983681
gparted Bug#1056540
hard Info Bug#1029212
Thanks
warren