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    Installation Problem | Kubuntu HH installer doesn`t recognizes partitions

    It`s just like i described in the title. Everything goes fine till I got that part where the installer reads the partitions of my machine. There is no hhd or any partition to choose, and cannot create a new partition, cause it takes too long to get it done, if it can.
    I`ve already installed kubuntu in my other machines, and the only difference is that this one has a SATA hdd.

    My config is: Intel Core 2 Duo 1,6Ghz, 2 Gb ram memory, Sata HHD 120Gb. If it helps.


    Sorry for my bad English.
    Mellow is the man who knows what he&#39;s been missing <br />Many many men can&#39;t see the open road.
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    Re: Installation Problem | Kubuntu HH installer doesn`t recognizes partitions

    Yes, if it will run the Live CD, you can open the Konsole and run
    Code:
    lspci
    as previously suggested. Also
    Code:
    sudo fdisk -lu
    might be interesting.

    I'll speculate that the problem is in the BIOS settings on that PC. It may or not have previously had an IDE drive, and it may still be set to boot first from the IDE bus. You might want to go into BIOS and look at a couple of areas:

    IDE Channels -- these should be turned as "off" as you can, bearing in mind the optical drive may need Channel 1 or Channel 2 to operate.
    SATA Channel (if there is one) -- should be "on" and the hdd in first position
    (the physical connectors on the motherboard may be numbered -- you might need to reconnect to get #1 connector)
    Boot Device Priority -- CD ROM first, SATA drive second

    That's all I can think of without knowing more.
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      Re: Installation Problem | Kubuntu HH installer doesn`t recognizes partitions

      dibl and Quantumstate,

      Thanks for responding guys. I`ll try this console trick and the BIOS settings. But I don`t think that this last one is the real problem. You see, the machine is already running other Linux dist, the Satux Linux — a Linux distribution that came with most the computers here in Brazil — and it works fine. No problems at all!

      You`ll be back to tell the results.
      Thanks again!
      Mellow is the man who knows what he&#39;s been missing <br />Many many men can&#39;t see the open road.
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        Re: Installation Problem | Kubuntu HH installer doesn`t recognizes partitions

        One way around this, maybe, is to do the partitioning another way – as a separate step – before running the Kubuntu Live CD installer.

        That would be done using GParted Live CD:

        GParted: http://gparted.sourceforge.net/

        Often, it seems, that fixes these things. That is, the installer sees the partitioning.

        Partitioning—how to, Rog131:
        http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3090704.0
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          Re: Installation Problem | Kubuntu HH installer doesn`t recognizes partitions

          Qqmike,

          I`ve the GParted installed in my actual Linux dist. But I haven`t tried it yet cause, I already tried to install the kubuntu with the partitions settings it already have, but it seems that the installer can`t do it. It takes too much time, and I don`t have any status or progress bar to know how it goes. But I`ll try it too. Thanks!
          Mellow is the man who knows what he&#39;s been missing <br />Many many men can&#39;t see the open road.
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            Re: Installation Problem | Kubuntu HH installer doesn`t recognizes partitions

            Yes, I see.
            Pero ...
            What I mean is that I think GParted run << as a live CD >> does the trick.

            In fact, that's what many of us here do before installing: first run the GParted as a live CD and as a separate step. Then run the Kubuntu installer.
            It may not help, but I've seen it solve many cases.




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              Re: Installation Problem | Kubuntu HH installer doesn`t recognizes partitions

              Oh! Now I see it too!

              Running the GParted as a Live CD. Ok, I`ll try it!
              Thanks again!
              Mellow is the man who knows what he&#39;s been missing <br />Many many men can&#39;t see the open road.
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                Re: Installation Problem | Kubuntu HH installer doesn`t recognizes partitions

                Well, some bad news about my problem. I checked all those things that you guys suggested me, but is doesn`t seems to work.
                I`ve just booted the machine w/ the GParted Live CD, setting up my preferences. And now, running the Kubuntu installer, at the 4 (of 6 step) it doesn`t recognizes any partition again, and if I tell the installer to go ahead it complains that I need to choose and set up a root. But I don`t have any partition in the screen.

                :/
                I`m thinking about to install other system on this machine. The Kubuntu is getting me into too much problem, and its just the install.

                again, sorry for my bad english
                Mellow is the man who knows what he&#39;s been missing <br />Many many men can&#39;t see the open road.
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                  Re: Installation Problem | Kubuntu HH installer doesn`t recognizes partitions

                  Only things I can think of now:

                  >> Try what dibl said above (post those results from Konsole).

                  >> Make sure your BIOS sees that hard drive correctly. Every BIOS is different, but somewhere in BIOS setup you'll see your hard drive(s). Make sure BIOS is listing that drive correctly.

                  An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way. Charles Bukowski
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                    Re: Installation Problem | Kubuntu HH installer doesn`t recognizes partitions

                    Ok, I`ll try it later. Now I some other work to do.

                    I`ll take note of the BIOS settings, also will copy the console text of the other operations. Thanks again
                    Mellow is the man who knows what he&#39;s been missing <br />Many many men can&#39;t see the open road.
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                      Re: Installation Problem | Kubuntu HH installer doesn`t recognizes partitions

                      Hi guys, I`m here to post the BIOS settings. Based on the informatio that you`ve told me, I tought that the only part of this settings are the Main menu and the detailed Boot menu. There are 8 boot devices, but only the first and the second really are configurated.


                      Main
                      IDE Channel 0 MasterTSSTcorp CDDVDW TS-L632H-
                      SATA Port 1WDC WD1200BEVS-00UST0-(S1
                      System Memory640 kb
                      Extended Memory1920 kb



                      Boot
                      Boot Device Priority order
                      1:IDE CDTSSTcorp CDDVDW TS-L632H-
                      2:IDE HDDWDC WD1200BEVS-00UST0-(S1
                      3:USB KEY
                      (...)
                      8:PCI BEVWDC WD1200BEVS-00UST0-(S1


                      I`ll try now the lspci command at the live cd console. But if I can remember, the live cd haven`t worked earlier today. I`ll be back to show the results.
                      Mellow is the man who knows what he&#39;s been missing <br />Many many men can&#39;t see the open road.
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                        Re: Installation Problem | Kubuntu HH installer doesn`t recognizes partitions

                        Can you change that optical drive to the IDE slave channel (Channel 1)? I think that might be the problem -- it is on IDE Channel 0 which is "Master" and the *buntu installer is very attracted to the IDE Master Channel, over the SATA bus.
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                          Re: Installation Problem | Kubuntu HH installer doesn`t recognizes partitions

                          dibl,

                          I`m here in the BIOS settings right now, and it seems that I can`t change this options. If I enter in the sub-menu of IDE Channel 0 Master, I can only read some info. Maybe in other pannel, but I don`t know what it is. Let me check here...


                          ...yeah... I can`t change that settings. I`m getting so tired of this stuff.
                          Mellow is the man who knows what he&#39;s been missing <br />Many many men can&#39;t see the open road.
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                            #14
                            Re: Installation Problem | Kubuntu HH installer doesn`t recognizes partitions

                            There are always two IDE channels.

                            It should not be necessary to physically change the cable connection, but it might be on your motherboard if it has two IDE connectors.

                            Also, it might change if you connect to the middle connector on the cable, instead of the end connector.
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                              Re: Installation Problem | Kubuntu HH installer doesn`t recognizes partitions

                              Yeah, I know. But it is a notebook, and my brother have just bought it. I can`t open it, cause he`ll loose the warranty. I think maybe it`ll be best to try other system. This one, no way...

                              But thanks you guys for responding and all help that you gave me. Best regrets.
                              Mellow is the man who knows what he&#39;s been missing <br />Many many men can&#39;t see the open road.
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