Ubiquity doesn't recognize existing partitions
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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ubiquity (Ubuntu) |
Expired
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Undecided
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: ubiquity
When I try to install Ubuntu 10.04 Beta 2 in my hard drive, it fails to recognize my hard disk partitions. It only shows my primary disk has if there weren't any partitions on it, offering me the possibility to install using the entire disk or manual partitioning.
Choosing manual partitioning, it shows no partition table available (creating a new one is not really what I need)!
I've replicated several times on this beta 2, but also with Ubuntu 10.04 beta 1 and Lubuntu 10.04 beta 1. This always happens, even going strait to the installer after boot.
I'm using the USB flash drive I always use for live cd's, thus the installation media shouldn't be a problem. My usb flash drive has 3 partitions and, usually, the 2 ones not related to the LiveCD appear as optional partitions to use for installation. Now they don't! I suppose this leads to think the problem shouldn't be related directly with the disk itself but by the way Ubiquity finds the available partitions on my system.
Trowing "sudo fdisk -l" report's my correct partitions!
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0001dc02
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 1020 8193118+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 1021 1151 1052257+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda3 1152 7296 49359712+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda4 2276 7034 38226636 83 Linux
/dev/sda5 1152 2275 9028467 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 7035 7296 2104483+ 83 Linux
Disk /dev/sdb: 8254 MB, 8254390272 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1003 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000df272
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 1 132 1060258+ 83 Linux
/dev/sdb2 133 525 3156772+ 83 Linux
/dev/sdb3 526 1003 3839535 83 Linux
Nautilus also shows them correctly in "Places" but fails to mount the primary disk ones (it does mount the ones from the usb disk)!
I can mount and use these partitions from the standard terminal. Tried to install after mounting the partitions I wanted but that has no effect on the installer behavior. Unmounting usb drive partitions also has visible no effect!
Ubiquity version is:
apt-cache policy ubiquity
ubiquity:
Installed: 2.2.15
Candidate: 2.2.15
Version table:
*** 2.2.15 0
500 http://
100 /var/lib/
Computer is a Acer TravelMate 4000.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: ubiquity 2.2.15 [modified: lib/partman/
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-19-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Apr 9 10:40:05 2010
ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.6
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Beta i386 (20100406.1)
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubiquity
Not sure how to classify this bug! problem? !
After reporting this Ubiquity strange behaviour, my partitions disapeared (one week later, not related)!!! After recovering them with fdisk and parted, Ubiquity was able to recognize my partitions! Not sure why this happened and why didn't Ubiquity recognize my partitions when inside the same liveCD I was able to mount and use as normal. Not an urgent issue, but it would be nice to use this information somehow;
1. enable Ubiquity to "see" partitions like fdisk.
2. use this blindness to predict potential partition corruption/