Can confirm this bug on a Compaq 6910p laptop. Harddrive is detected by kernel, I can partition/format/mount using both fdisk or gparted. But when running installer(Prepare partitions) disk/partition is not recognized. Also tried booting with dmraid disabled, same fault.
Linux ubuntu 2.6.31-14-generic #48-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 16 14:04:26 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux ubu...@ubuntu:~$ sudo fdisk -l Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 1 19457 156288321 83 Linux ** Attachment added: "Report made using: apport-cli -f -p gksu" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/37721609/apport.gksu.Rw8EZH.apport -- Dialog to prepare the partition doesnt list any hard drive or partition https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/505326 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
