Manual partitioning shows no partitions
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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parted (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Ubuntu 8.10 Alpha 5, i386
Selecting manual partitioning in the Ubuntu installer shows no partitions for /dev/sda although several exist:
root@ubuntu:~# fdisk -l /dev/sda
Disk /dev/sda: 137.4 GB, 137438952960 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 16709 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0008e799
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 31 248976 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 32 14620 117186142+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda3 14621 19457 38853202+ 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 14621 14652 257008+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 14653 15898 10008463+ 83 Linux
The single partition on my USB stick /dev/sdb however shows up:
root@ubuntu:~# fdisk -l /dev/sdb
Disk /dev/sdb: 32.0 GB, 32078036992 bytes
64 heads, 32 sectors/track, 30592 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 = 1048576 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xbbb82b77
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 1 30592 31326192 83 Linux
Changed in parted: | |
status: | Incomplete → Triaged |
This not only happens in ubiquity but also in the text mode installer of the alternate CD.
Clicking on /dev/sda offers me to create a new partition table.
Do both installers share a common library that is responsible for HDD detection?