After searching around a bit I found that several (but not all) people had success as follows;
1. use BIOS to set controller mode to IDE 2. boot from live CD 3. use synaptic to completelty uninstall all dmraid related packages 4. run ubiquity This worked for me. -- installer doesn't let me partition any harddrive https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/474717 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
