Installator Ubuntu doesn't see Windows partitions

if you only have one hard disk with two partition it should say something like:

/dev/sda1
/dev/sda2

what does it show in windows vista? Did you already shrink the main parition to make room for ubuntu?

in windows i've got two normall partitions, D: and C:, i didnt shrink them, when im in 3rd step of installation, when it ask me whether i choose guided or manual, under guided i got:

Guided- use entire disk
SCSl1 (0,0,0) (sda) - 200 GB ATA i nazwa dysku
SCSl2 (0,0,0) (sdb) - 200 GB ATA i nazwa dysku
manual

i take manual, and then it shows me two devices, /dev/sda/ and /dev/sdb...

sry, insted of " i nazwa dysku" it should be "and the disk name", i put some polish words ^^ heh

righty you want to do manual install. but you didnt tell me what it says in windows? In Windows Vista, Right Click on My Computer, Manage, then Disk manager. it will show you if you have one hard disk with two or three partitions, or two separate hard disks. if you have a laptop then i'm guessing there is a hidden restore partition that does not get a drive letter.

heh, Im sure I got one disk, divided into 2 partitions, because I did it on my own. two partitions 100BG each, and ONE disk

okay well thats great! what tool did you use to partition your drive?

can you give us the output of the terminal command:

sudo fdisk -l

Unable to seek on /dev/sda/
I used system manager, because PartitionMagic doesn't work on Vista systems

Im working on Ubuntu right now... im running from LiveCD

but I still dont know how to install it ;/

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WindowsDualBoot

and use the "Manual" partitioning option if you have already prepared a partition for Ubuntu. It does look a bit crzy tho. You say one disc but it's saying sda & sdb. Is one of them plugged in externally? Do you have a usb stick in and it's somehow getting muddled? Some laptops do have 2 hard-drives or maybe you have plugged your old drive into the spare slot? Notice on the guidance notes i gave you there it says that Vista is awkward to work with and resizing it's partition has to be done inside Vista.

Does the Vista Disk manager in My Computer, Manage show another graphic of how the partitions are arranged - does it make more sense?

In gparted in Ubuntu does the button at the top right hand side show
/dev/sda
/dev/sdb
when you click on the button?

I agree with both of you that it is looking quite strange.

Good luck and regards from
Tom :)

I got following message from Sony Corporation:

Rafal,

Thank you for contacting Sony Support.

I'm glad to assist you with the information regarding the capacity of you Hard Drive. Your Notebook is originally shipped with the Capacity: 400GB (200GB x2) with RAID Technology. As your Notebook is shipped with the RAID 1 technology the second Hard Drive is not appeared. Your Notebook is having 400GB capacity even though it is showing the 200GB capacity.

Thank you for choosing Sony.
The Sony Email Response Team
C6XR
Nicholas

I have no clue what does RAID mean, and how to use it...

ooo, ok, I just figured out what is going on with my hard drives... I've got Two hard drives 200GB each, but they are connected with RAID1 technology, so I had one big Disk in My Computer. That's why I see two hard drivers when I try to install Ubuntu. But my problem is not solved though... I don't why it doesn't see my Windows partitions, I dont want to crush them

Ubuntu only needs 8Gb, 20Gb would be far more than enough and could use the Windows side to store data on. I'm not sure about raided drives either so take care.
Good luck and regards from
Tom :)

but I know I need to format partitions to EXT3 and SWAP...

hehe you said you were sure you had only one drive :) well you should familiarize yourself with fakeraid:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FakeRaidHowto

A Ram of 1Gb or less really needs a linux-swap of twice the Ram size. More Ram than that doesn't need so much. Take care and read nhasian's link as we don't seem to know much about softRaid in here at the moment.

Good luck and have fun
Regards from
Tom :)

lol, cool link - i've saved it :)

guys! You are freaken awesome!! I got my partitions xD ;D =) but I've got an error during installation, it says that disk CD or hard drive is damaged ;// but I'll try with another CD...

Nicely fixed. Welcome to linux, especially Ubuntu :)
Feel free to join us volunteers helping answer questions
Good luck and have fun
Regards from
Tom :)

PS
http://www.ubuntulinux.org/getubuntu/download
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