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Hard disk not available during installation process

Asked by Robert Chase

During the installation process of Ubuntu 10.10 I am able to only select 2 of the 3 SATA hard drives in my desktop to install Ubuntu to.

If I run Ubuntu off the live CD I can see the partition and hard drive I want to install ubuntu to in both Disk Utility and GParted, but when I go to install Ubuntu it does not give me the option of installing to the one hard drive.

The hard drive will mount and I can browse the filesystem on one partition on the drive (the second partition is empty, it is where I want to install Ubuntu to).

I've no idea why I can't select the hard drive for installation, but any suggestions are appreciated!

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Tom De Caluwé (tom-de-caluwe) said : 		#1

This same question was posted here on launchpad just yesterday:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+question/153183

As I already mentioned, there seem to be several causes for this problem, so there is no straightforward answer. I'd advise you to try the various fixes proposed in this bug report:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/459054

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delance (olivier-delance) said : 		#2

Could you explain what final configuration you plan to have ?

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