Ubuntu installing problem

[Nedyalko Dyakov]

Fred Roller wrote:
> On Mon, 2009-06-22 at 21:34 +0300, Nedyalko Dyakov wrote:
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>> Fred Roller wrote:
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>>> On Mon, 2009-06-22 at 20:17 +0300, nedyalko dyakov wrote:
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>>>> Fred Roller wrote:
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>>>>> On Mon, 2009-06-22 at 19:46 +0300, nedyalko dyakov wrote:
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>>>>>> Guys why when I try to install Ubuntu it doesn't see my partitions. On 
>>>>>> the step with partitions it's only blank hard disk (  the model name and 
>>>>>> size are correct ). I have 120GB SATA hard drive with firmware 3.AA. I 
>>>>>> didn't have this problem before with my old MB. How to fix it?
>>>>>> Sorry for my bad English,
>>>>>> Ned
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>>>>> Have you tried booting a live distro and using a partition software like
>>>>> gparted (gui) or fdisk (cli) to see if your partitions are in fact gone.
>>>>> I am presuming you have data on the hdd you wish to preserve?  What was
>>>>> on the drive prior moving it to the new MB?
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>>>> When I boot Live distribution everything is fine. I can read/write to my 
>>>> partitions. The problem is there - i don't wanna format my whole hard 
>>>> disk because I have 70gb information , Windows partition , Debian and 
>>>> other stuffs. I have ubuntu installed, too , but it works slower with 
>>>> new mb ( slower than live cd in fact). So I think it would be ok when I 
>>>> install a new one. Hard Disk is fine, because I was able to install 
>>>> Windows on it after moving to the new MB.
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Ned
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>>> If you installed windows after you moved the hdd to the new mb have you
>>> confirmed the partitions are intact and windows did not take the whole
>>> drive for itself.  If the partitions exist have you tried the manual
>>> partition option during ubuntu install where it would read and display
>>> your existing partition table and give you the option to adjust and more
>>> importantly, mount without touching the data.
>>> Personally, if the partitions are in question and yet you can still get
>>> to them I would move the data you wish to save to another drive (if this
>>> is an option) so you have a backup of some sort.  
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>> Yes, I've tried the manual partitions option and there is no partition 
>> table, only /dev/sda ( my hard drive ) and one option - to make a new 
>> partition table. And Yes I'm sure that partitions are the same as before 
>> installing Windows. Now I'm running my old Ubuntu from the same hard 
>> drive, so everything is there. Maybe some Ubuntu bug? Or Another thing - 
>> my new MB have 4 Sata connectors , now my SATA HD is connected to the 
>> 4th, maybe if I change it to the 1st ...? I'll try this tonight and 
>> we'll see...
>> Regards,
>> Ned
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> I have noticed anomalous behavior on sata drives dependent on the
> channel they are plugged into. Beyond that, wish I could be more
> helpful.  Presuming you are using 9.04 install, have you tried an older
> version ubuntu, just to confirm/deny distro bug?
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Tomorrow or later this night I'll give you more information on my tests 
with other distributions and changing sata connector to 1st channel. :)
Regards,
Ned