Ubuntu 8.04.2, just installed, doesn't allow access to my hardDisk.

[Matthew Flaschen]

David MacClement wrote:
> An hour ago I downloaded and installed Ubuntu 8.04.2 while using my
> 8.04.1, but now I find that neither my own hardDisk nor my earlier
> installations (e.g. with their Firefox bookmarks) are accessible to me.

Start by running:

sudo parted /dev/sda print

in a terminal.  This assumes you have only one drive, called /dev/sda ,
and will tell us what partitions are on it.

Matt Flaschen