No partitions in the install Prepare partitions dialogue when AHCI is disabled

[Marcel]

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I had similar problems in 8.04 64-bit when I upgraded my hardware.
Now I have the same problem with a fresh upgrade to 8.10 64-bit.

The first time I "solved" this issue by enabling the AHCI mode in the BIOS of my Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS4 for my brand new SATA disk. Unfortunately, it takes more time to boot and the system has random freezes.

This time I want to install without the AHCI, but again there is no disk or partition in the "Prepare partitions" dialogue!

I believe this is an ugly flaw in the install routine.

Output of sudo fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 750.1 GB, 750156374016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 91201 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0006e2b4

   Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 3916 31455238+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 * 3917 7832 31455270 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 7833 11748 31455270 83 Linux
/dev/sda4 11749 90594 633330495 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 11749 37856 209712478+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 37857 69186 251658193+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 69187 79629 83883366 83 Linux
/dev/sda8 79630 90072 83883366 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda9 90073 90333 2096451 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda10 90334 90594 2096451 7 HPFS/NTFS

[Marcel (marcel-vd-berg)]

Update: I found a workaround for this bug!

Because my disk has already ext3 and linux-swap partitions, the Live-CD will automatic mount the existing linux-swap!

By unmounting (if any) ext2 and/or ext3 partitions, and right-click "Swap Off" on the linux-swap in GParted. The installer now find and display all partitions!

[Phillip Susi (psusi)]

Have you seen this problem on 12.04+?

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