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General => Installation issues => Topic started by: proesterchen on January 07, 2012, 04:22:20 pm
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Hi forum,
I tried to install LinuxMCE 8.10. I burned the iso-dvd and when it comes to create partitions I don't see any harddrives.
Then I tried to create partitions via gparted-Live CD. That worked and I could create the partitions.
Then I tried to get back to the installation but I still see no harddisk. I ran the Kubuntu edition and tried to get information about the harddrives:
root@ubuntu:~# lshw -C disk -C storage
*-ide
description: IDE interface
product: M5229 IDE
vendor: ALi Corporation
physical id: 1f
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.0
logical name: scsi4
version: c7
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: ide bus_master emulated
configuration: driver=pata_ali latency=32 module=pata_ali
*-cdrom
description: DVD writer
product: DVD DD DW1640
vendor: BENQ
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@4:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/cdrom
logical name: /dev/cdrw
logical name: /dev/dvd
logical name: /dev/dvdrw
logical name: /dev/scd0
logical name: /dev/sr0
logical name: /cdrom
version: BSLB
capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r
configuration: ansiversion=5 mount.fstype=iso9660 mount.options=ro,noatime state=mounted status=ready
*-medium
physical id: 0
logical name: /dev/cdrom
logical name: /cdrom
configuration: mount.fstype=iso9660 mount.options=ro,noatime state=mounted
*-storage
description: RAID bus controller
product: ULi 5287 SATA
vendor: ALi Corporation
physical id: 1f.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.1
logical name: scsi0
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: storage pm bus_master cap_list emulated
configuration: driver=sata_uli latency=128 module=sata_uli
*-disk
description: ATA Disk
product: ST2000DL003-9VT1
vendor: Seagate
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sda
version: CC3C
serial: 5YD6NYKX
configuration: ansiversion=5
root@ubuntu:~# fdisk /dev/sda
Unable to read /dev/sda
So I suppose the HDD is not supported? It's a Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB connected via SATA.
Any help would be appreciated..
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If Kubuntu 810 does not see the drive, it is very well possible, that there are some incompatibilities between your hardware and Kubuntu 810. I would try two things:
1) try a smaller HDD
2) try disabling some stuff in the BIOS, like AHCI.
Good luck.
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Hey proesterchen, can't believe I didn't see this post.
Have had exactly the same issues with a 2TB Seagate SATA drive!
Have you made any progress?
Here's what I found:
If I set the "Sata Mode" in BIOS to "IDE" (presumably IDE compatability), Kubuntu install didn't go anywhere- after the swiping bar splash screen it went to a black screen and then dumped to initramfs prompt.
If I set the "Sata Mode" to "AHCI" Kubuntu install would get to hard disk partitioning and not see anything.
If I booted the live and ran lshw I'd get similar output to yours above. Significantly no disk size shown and fdisk would also not see the drive.
I'd still like to find a work around but no luck so far.
I tried 10.04 and it sees and partitions no problem so it does seem related to the 8.10 or possibly the older kernel.