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ubiquity package

  1. Bug #90949
  2. Comment #6

Comment 6 for bug 90949

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winni (winni) wrote :

yes, both harddisks are connected the same way. Bios shows primary master, comes up as hda.
i did some testing on the old harddisk:

1. 20GB harddisk, 5GB primary NTFS partition running Windows XP, rest empty. Partitioner does not offer Manual. All available options lead to a red window saying "no root file system defined".

2. 20GB harddisk, 5GB primary NTFS partition running Windows XP. 5GB ext3 on hda5, 1GB swap on hda6. Partitioner does not offer Manual. All available options lead to a red window saying "no root file system defined".

3. 20GB harddisk, no partition defined. Partitioner does offer Manual, installation ok.

4. 100GB harddisk, 5GB primary NTFS partition running Windows XP, rest empty. Partitioner Partitioner does offer Manual, installation ok.

It looks like the partitioning program does not like the NTFS partition on hda1. Strange that on the 100GB harddisk the same setup is working. I have tried the 20GB harddisk in my old laptop, but unfortunately the setup program does not start at all.