10.04 desktop installer doesn't see all partitions

[heiko_s]

I like to summarize:

Both Ubuntu 10.04 and Linux Mint 8 (based on Ubuntu 9.10) do not allow me to manually partition the drive(s). Both of them always miss to see one out of several drives, in my case sdb when running my 5 internal drives.
When I disconnect 3 of the 5 drives, it still detects one drive less, that is it detects only one drive.
I can't install because I use 2 drives for Linux (and Windows XP): Here the drive/partitions setup (when running my old Linux 8.10 that is installed):
sda1 Windows XP - boot flag
sda2 swap
sda3 /home
sdb1 /boot - boot flag
sdb2 /
sdb3 MS_data (NTFS data drive)

The other 3 disks carry only a single partition:
sdc1 - NTFS partition
sdd1 - ext3
sde1 - NTFS

With Ubuntu 10.04 the last disk above is detected as sda, the others are in the same order so sda becomes sdb, etc. The pendrive I use for the install is detected as sdf.

[heiko_s]

really sounds like a bug in the installer. Have you tried the alternate cd? or even the release candidate cd?

I tried the alternate install but it didn't work at all. Might be a problem with the USB drive (I used the pendrivelinux utility to install the alternate Ubuntu ISO, selecting it as "other" - I think the alternate CD is not listed as an option in the selection menu). I've been using a different USB drive and it doesn't work on my PC - it did work on my laptop (it started and the menu came up). If I find another empty CD I'll burn it on CD and give it a try.

I have not tried the release candidate CD.

[heiko_s]

Here some lengthy output of "udevadm info --export-db" (I shortened it to what's perhaps relevant). As I see it, all devices/partitions are recognized:

P: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.5/0000:04:00.0/host0/target0:0:0/0:0:0:0/block/sda
N: sda
W: 195
S: block/8:0
S: disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD15EARS-00Z5B1_WD-WMAVU1286226
S: disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_WDC_WD15EARS-00_WD-WMAVU1286226
S: disk/by-path/pci-0000:04:00.0-scsi-0:0:0:0
E: UDEV_LOG=3
E: DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.5/0000:04:00.0/host0/target0:0:0/0:0:0:0/block/sda
E: MAJOR=8
E: MINOR=0
E: DEVNAME=/dev/sda
E: DEVTYPE=disk
E: SUBSYSTEM=block
E: ID_TYPE=disk
E: ID_BUS=ata
E: ID_MODEL=WDC_WD15EARS-00Z5B1
E: ID_MODEL_ENC=WDC\x20WD15EARS-00Z5B1\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20 \x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20
E: ID_REVISION=80.00A80
E: ID_SERIAL=WDC_WD15EARS-00Z5B1_WD-WMAVU1286226
E: ID_SERIAL_SHORT=WD-WMAVU1286226
E: ID_SCSI_COMPAT=SATA_WDC_WD15EARS-00_WD-WMAVU1286226
E: ID_PATH=pci-0000:04:00.0-scsi-0:0:0:0
E: DKD_MEDIA_AVAILABLE=1
E: DKD_PARTITION_TABLE=1
E: DKD_PARTITION_TABLE_SCHEME=mbr
E: DKD_ATA_SMART_IS_AVAILABLE=1
E: DKD_PRESENTATION_NOPOLICY=0
E: DEVLINKS=/dev/block/8:0 /dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD15EARS-00Z5B1_WD-WMAVU1286226 /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_WDC_WD15EARS-00_WD-WMAVU1286226 /dev/disk/by-path/pci-0000:04:00.0-scsi-0:0:0:0

P: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.5/0000:04:00.0/host0/target0:0:0/0:0:0:0/block/sda/sda1
N: sda1
W: 194
S: block/8:1
S: disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD15EARS-00Z5B1_WD-WMAVU1286226-part1
S: disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_WDC_WD15EARS-00_WD-WMAVU1286226-part1
S: disk/by-path/pci-0000:04:00.0-scsi-0:0:0:0-part1
S: disk/by-uuid/D860B90D60B8F37C
S: disk/by-label/Photos_1
E: UDEV_LOG=3
E: DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.5/0000:04:00.0/host0/target0:0:0/0:0:0:0/block/sda/sda1
E: MAJOR=8
E: MINOR=1
E: DEVNAME=/dev/sda1
E: DEVTYPE=partition
E: SUBSYSTEM=block
E: ID_TYPE=disk
E: ID_BUS=ata
E: ID_MODEL=WDC_WD15EARS-00Z5B1
E: ID_MODEL_ENC=WDC\x20WD15EARS-00Z5B1\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20 \x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20
E: ID_REVISION=80.00A80
E: ID_SERIAL=WDC_WD15EARS-00Z5B1_WD-WMAVU1286226
E: ID_SERIAL_SHORT=WD-WMAVU1286226
E: ID_SCSI_COMPAT=SATA_WDC_WD15EARS-00_WD-WMAVU1286226
E: ID_PATH=pci-0000:04:00.0-scsi-0:0:0:0
E: ID_FS_UUID=D860B90D60B8F37C
E: ID_FS_UUID_ENC=D860B90D60B8F37C
E: ID_FS_LABEL=Photos_1
E: ID_FS_LABEL_ENC=Photos_1
E: ID_FS_TYPE=ntfs
E: ID_FS_USAGE=filesystem
E: DKD_PARTITION=1
E: DKD_PARTITION_SCHEME=mbr
E: DKD_PARTITION_NUMBER=1
E: DKD_PARTITION_TYPE=0x07
E: DKD_PARTITION_SIZE=1500299265024
E: DKD_PRESENTATION_NOPOLICY=0
E: DEVLINKS=/dev/block/8:1 /dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD15EARS-00Z5B1_WD-WMAVU1286226-part1 /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_WDC_WD15EARS-00_WD-WMAVU1286226-part1 /dev/disk/by-path/pci-0000:04:00.0-scsi-0:0:0:0-part1 /dev/disk/by-uuid/D860B90D60B8F37C /dev/disk/by-label/Photos_1

...

P: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.5/0000:04:00.1/host6/target6:0:0/6:0:0:0/block/sr0
N: sr0
S: block/11:0
S: scd0
S: disk/by-path/pci-0000:04:00.1-scsi-0:0:0:0
S: cdrom1
S: cdrw1
S: dvd1
S: dvdrw1
E: UDEV_LOG=3
E: DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.5/0000:04:00.1/host6/target6:0:0/6:0:0:0/block/sr0
E: MAJOR=11
E: MINOR=0
E: DEVNAME=/dev/sr0
E: DEVTYPE=disk
E: SUBSYSTEM=block
E: ID_CDROM=1
E: ID_CDROM_CD_R=1
E: ID_CDROM_CD_RW=1
E: ID_CDROM_DVD=1
E: ID_CDROM_DVD_R=1
E: ID_CDROM_MRW=1
E: ID_CDROM_MRW_W=1
E: ID_VENDOR=PIONEER
E: ID_VENDOR_ENC=PIONEER\x20
E: ID_MODEL=DVD-RW_DVR-108
E: ID_MODEL_ENC=DVD-RW\x20\x20DVR-108\x20
E: ID_REVISION=1.10
E: ID_TYPE=cd
E: ID_BUS=scsi
E: ID_PATH=pci-0000:04:00.1-scsi-0:0:0:0
E: ACL_MANAGE=1
E: GENERATED=1
E: DKD_PRESENTATION_NOPOLICY=0
E: DEVLINKS=/dev/block/11:0 /dev/scd0 /dev/disk/by-path/pci-0000:04:00.1-scsi-0:0:0:0 /dev/cdrom1 /dev/cdrw1 /dev/dvd1 /dev/dvdrw1

...

P: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host2/target2:0:0/2:0:0:0/block/sdb
N: sdb
W: 178
S: block/8:16
S: disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD2500YS-01SHB1_WD-WCANY3127633
S: disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_WDC_WD2500YS-01_WD-WCANY3127633
S: disk/by-path/pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-0:0:0:0
E: UDEV_LOG=3
E: DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host2/target2:0:0/2:0:0:0/block/sdb
E: MAJOR=8
E: MINOR=16
E: DEVNAME=/dev/sdb
E: DEVTYPE=disk
E: SUBSYSTEM=block
E: ID_TYPE=disk
E: ID_BUS=ata
E: ID_MODEL=WDC_WD2500YS-01SHB1
E: ID_MODEL_ENC=WDC\x20WD2500YS-01SHB1\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20 \x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20
E: ID_REVISION=20.06C06
E: ID_SERIAL=WDC_WD2500YS-01SHB1_WD-WCANY3127633
E: ID_SERIAL_SHORT=WD-WCANY3127633
E: ID_SCSI_COMPAT=SATA_WDC_WD2500YS-01_WD-WCANY3127633
E: ID_PATH=pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-0:0:0:0
E: ID_FS_VERSION=1.0.00
E: ID_FS_TYPE=isw_raid_member
E: ID_FS_USAGE=raid
E: DKD_MEDIA_AVAILABLE=1
E: DKD_PARTITION_TABLE=1
E: DKD_PARTITION_TABLE_SCHEME=mbr
E: DKD_ATA_SMART_IS_AVAILABLE=1
E: DKD_PRESENTATION_NOPOLICY=0
E: DEVLINKS=/dev/block/8:16 /dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD2500YS-01SHB1_WD-WCANY3127633 /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_WDC_WD2500YS-01_WD-WCANY3127633 /dev/disk/by-path/pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-0:0:0:0

P: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host2/target2:0:0/2:0:0:0/block/sdb/sdb1
N: sdb1
W: 165
S: block/8:17
S: disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD2500YS-01SHB1_WD-WCANY3127633-part1
S: disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_WDC_WD2500YS-01_WD-WCANY3127633-part1
S: disk/by-path/pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-0:0:0:0-part1
S: disk/by-uuid/20E49841E4981ADC
E: UDEV_LOG=3
E: DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host2/target2:0:0/2:0:0:0/block/sdb/sdb1
E: MAJOR=8
E: MINOR=17
E: DEVNAME=/dev/sdb1
E: DEVTYPE=partition
E: SUBSYSTEM=block
E: ID_TYPE=disk
E: ID_BUS=ata
E: ID_MODEL=WDC_WD2500YS-01SHB1
E: ID_MODEL_ENC=WDC\x20WD2500YS-01SHB1\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20 \x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20
E: ID_REVISION=20.06C06
E: ID_SERIAL=WDC_WD2500YS-01SHB1_WD-WCANY3127633
E: ID_SERIAL_SHORT=WD-WCANY3127633
E: ID_SCSI_COMPAT=SATA_WDC_WD2500YS-01_WD-WCANY3127633
E: ID_PATH=pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-0:0:0:0
E: ID_FS_VERSION=1.0.00
E: ID_FS_TYPE=ntfs
E: ID_FS_USAGE=filesystem
E: ID_FS_UUID=20E49841E4981ADC
E: ID_FS_UUID_ENC=20E49841E4981ADC
E: DKD_PARTITION=1
E: DKD_PARTITION_SCHEME=mbr
E: DKD_PARTITION_NUMBER=1
E: DKD_PARTITION_TYPE=0x07
E: DKD_PARTITION_SIZE=42442412544
E: DKD_PARTITION_FLAGS=boot
E: DKD_PRESENTATION_NOPOLICY=0
E: DEVLINKS=/dev/block/8:17 /dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD2500YS-01SHB1_WD-WCANY3127633-part1 /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_WDC_WD2500YS-01_WD-WCANY3127633-part1 /dev/disk/by-path/pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-0:0:0:0-part1 /dev/disk/by-uuid/20E49841E4981ADC

P: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host2/target2:0:0/2:0:0:0/block/sdb/sdb2
N: sdb2
W: 166
S: block/8:18
S: disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD2500YS-01SHB1_WD-WCANY3127633-part2
S: disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_WDC_WD2500YS-01_WD-WCANY3127633-part2
S: disk/by-path/pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-0:0:0:0-part2
S: disk/by-uuid/ccc0cca3-8b19-4710-803f-42c383f7498b
E: UDEV_LOG=3
E: DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host2/target2:0:0/2:0:0:0/block/sdb/sdb2
E: MAJOR=8
E: MINOR=18
E: DEVNAME=/dev/sdb2
E: DEVTYPE=partition
E: SUBSYSTEM=block
E: ID_TYPE=disk
E: ID_BUS=ata
E: ID_MODEL=WDC_WD2500YS-01SHB1
E: ID_MODEL_ENC=WDC\x20WD2500YS-01SHB1\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20 \x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20
E: ID_REVISION=20.06C06
E: ID_SERIAL=WDC_WD2500YS-01SHB1_WD-WCANY3127633
E: ID_SERIAL_SHORT=WD-WCANY3127633
E: ID_SCSI_COMPAT=SATA_WDC_WD2500YS-01_WD-WCANY3127633
E: ID_PATH=pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-0:0:0:0
E: ID_FS_VERSION=2
E: ID_FS_TYPE=swap
E: ID_FS_USAGE=other
E: ID_FS_UUID=ccc0cca3-8b19-4710-803f-42c383f7498b
E: ID_FS_UUID_ENC=ccc0cca3-8b19-4710-803f-42c383f7498b
E: DKD_PARTITION=1
E: DKD_PARTITION_SCHEME=mbr
E: DKD_PARTITION_NUMBER=2
E: DKD_PARTITION_TYPE=0x82
E: DKD_PARTITION_SIZE=4096189440
E: DKD_PRESENTATION_NOPOLICY=0
E: DEVLINKS=/dev/block/8:18 /dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD2500YS-01SHB1_WD-WCANY3127633-part2 /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_WDC_WD2500YS-01_WD-WCANY3127633-part2 /dev/disk/by-path/pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-0:0:0:0-part2 /dev/disk/by-uuid/ccc0cca3-8b19-4710-803f-42c383f7498b

P: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host2/target2:0:0/2:0:0:0/block/sdb/sdb3
N: sdb3
W: 164
S: block/8:19
S: disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD2500YS-01SHB1_WD-WCANY3127633-part3
S: disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_WDC_WD2500YS-01_WD-WCANY3127633-part3
S: disk/by-path/pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-0:0:0:0-part3
S: disk/by-uuid/c8448fee-03a0-43d5-89ca-4f1d11a5d014
S: disk/by-label/home
E: UDEV_LOG=3
E: DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host2/target2:0:0/2:0:0:0/block/sdb/sdb3
E: MAJOR=8
E: MINOR=19
E: DEVNAME=/dev/sdb3
E: DEVTYPE=partition
E: SUBSYSTEM=block
E: ID_TYPE=disk
E: ID_BUS=ata
E: ID_MODEL=WDC_WD2500YS-01SHB1
E: ID_MODEL_ENC=WDC\x20WD2500YS-01SHB1\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20 \x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20
E: ID_REVISION=20.06C06
E: ID_SERIAL=WDC_WD2500YS-01SHB1_WD-WCANY3127633
E: ID_SERIAL_SHORT=WD-WCANY3127633
E: ID_SCSI_COMPAT=SATA_WDC_WD2500YS-01_WD-WCANY3127633
E: ID_PATH=pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-0:0:0:0
E: ID_FS_VERSION=1.0
E: ID_FS_TYPE=ext3
E: ID_FS_USAGE=filesystem
E: ID_FS_LABEL=home
E: ID_FS_LABEL_ENC=home
E: ID_FS_UUID=c8448fee-03a0-43d5-89ca-4f1d11a5d014
E: ID_FS_UUID_ENC=c8448fee-03a0-43d5-89ca-4f1d11a5d014
E: ID_FS_SEC_TYPE=ext2
E: DKD_PARTITION=1
E: DKD_PARTITION_SCHEME=mbr
E: DKD_PARTITION_NUMBER=3
E: DKD_PARTITION_TYPE=0x83
E: DKD_PARTITION_SIZE=204455784960
E: DKD_PRESENTATION_NOPOLICY=0
E: DEVLINKS=/dev/block/8:19 /dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD2500YS-01SHB1_WD-WCANY3127633-part3 /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_WDC_WD2500YS-01_WD-WCANY3127633-part3 /dev/disk/by-path/pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-0:0:0:0-part3 /dev/disk/by-uuid/c8448fee-03a0-43d5-89ca-4f1d11a5d014 /dev/disk/by-label/home

...

P: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host3/target3:0:0/3:0:0:0/block/sdc
N: sdc
W: 207
S: block/8:32
S: disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD2500YS-01SHB1_WD-WCANY3168119
S: disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_WDC_WD2500YS-01_WD-WCANY3168119
S: disk/by-path/pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-1:0:0:0
E: UDEV_LOG=3
E: DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host3/target3:0:0/3:0:0:0/block/sdc
E: MAJOR=8
E: MINOR=32
E: DEVNAME=/dev/sdc
E: DEVTYPE=disk
E: SUBSYSTEM=block
E: ID_TYPE=disk
E: ID_BUS=ata
E: ID_MODEL=WDC_WD2500YS-01SHB1
E: ID_MODEL_ENC=WDC\x20WD2500YS-01SHB1\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20 \x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20
E: ID_REVISION=20.06C06
E: ID_SERIAL=WDC_WD2500YS-01SHB1_WD-WCANY3168119
E: ID_SERIAL_SHORT=WD-WCANY3168119
E: ID_SCSI_COMPAT=SATA_WDC_WD2500YS-01_WD-WCANY3168119
E: ID_PATH=pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-1:0:0:0
E: DKD_MEDIA_AVAILABLE=1
E: DKD_PARTITION_TABLE=1
E: DKD_PARTITION_TABLE_SCHEME=mbr
E: DKD_ATA_SMART_IS_AVAILABLE=1
E: DKD_PRESENTATION_NOPOLICY=0
E: DEVLINKS=/dev/block/8:32 /dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD2500YS-01SHB1_WD-WCANY3168119 /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_WDC_WD2500YS-01_WD-WCANY3168119 /dev/disk/by-path/pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-1:0:0:0

P: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host3/target3:0:0/3:0:0:0/block/sdc/sdc1
N: sdc1
W: 205
S: block/8:33
S: disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD2500YS-01SHB1_WD-WCANY3168119-part1
S: disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_WDC_WD2500YS-01_WD-WCANY3168119-part1
S: disk/by-path/pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-1:0:0:0-part1
S: disk/by-uuid/18f80158-658f-45c1-a56a-111e51fff8d1
S: disk/by-label/boot
E: UDEV_LOG=3
E: DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host3/target3:0:0/3:0:0:0/block/sdc/sdc1
E: MAJOR=8
E: MINOR=33
E: DEVNAME=/dev/sdc1
E: DEVTYPE=partition
E: SUBSYSTEM=block
E: ID_TYPE=disk
E: ID_BUS=ata
E: ID_MODEL=WDC_WD2500YS-01SHB1
E: ID_MODEL_ENC=WDC\x20WD2500YS-01SHB1\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20 \x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20
E: ID_REVISION=20.06C06
E: ID_SERIAL=WDC_WD2500YS-01SHB1_WD-WCANY3168119
E: ID_SERIAL_SHORT=WD-WCANY3168119
E: ID_SCSI_COMPAT=SATA_WDC_WD2500YS-01_WD-WCANY3168119
E: ID_PATH=pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-1:0:0:0
E: ID_FS_LABEL=boot
E: ID_FS_LABEL_ENC=boot
E: ID_FS_UUID=18f80158-658f-45c1-a56a-111e51fff8d1
E: ID_FS_UUID_ENC=18f80158-658f-45c1-a56a-111e51fff8d1
E: ID_FS_SEC_TYPE=ext2
E: ID_FS_VERSION=1.0
E: ID_FS_TYPE=ext3
E: ID_FS_USAGE=filesystem
E: DKD_PARTITION=1
E: DKD_PARTITION_SCHEME=mbr
E: DKD_PARTITION_NUMBER=1
E: DKD_PARTITION_TYPE=0x83
E: DKD_PARTITION_SIZE=1028127744
E: DKD_PARTITION_FLAGS=boot
E: DKD_PRESENTATION_NOPOLICY=0
E: DEVLINKS=/dev/block/8:33 /dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD2500YS-01SHB1_WD-WCANY3168119-part1 /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_WDC_WD2500YS-01_WD-WCANY3168119-part1 /dev/disk/by-path/pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-1:0:0:0-part1 /dev/disk/by-uuid/18f80158-658f-45c1-a56a-111e51fff8d1 /dev/disk/by-label/boot

P: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host3/target3:0:0/3:0:0:0/block/sdc/sdc2
N: sdc2
W: 204
S: block/8:34
S: disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD2500YS-01SHB1_WD-WCANY3168119-part2
S: disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_WDC_WD2500YS-01_WD-WCANY3168119-part2
S: disk/by-path/pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-1:0:0:0-part2
S: disk/by-uuid/37712878-aea6-4740-b560-5b2655ed96eb
S: disk/by-label/root
E: UDEV_LOG=3
E: DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host3/target3:0:0/3:0:0:0/block/sdc/sdc2
E: MAJOR=8
E: MINOR=34
E: DEVNAME=/dev/sdc2
E: DEVTYPE=partition
E: SUBSYSTEM=block
E: ID_TYPE=disk
E: ID_BUS=ata
E: ID_MODEL=WDC_WD2500YS-01SHB1
E: ID_MODEL_ENC=WDC\x20WD2500YS-01SHB1\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20 \x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20
E: ID_REVISION=20.06C06
E: ID_SERIAL=WDC_WD2500YS-01SHB1_WD-WCANY3168119
E: ID_SERIAL_SHORT=WD-WCANY3168119
E: ID_SCSI_COMPAT=SATA_WDC_WD2500YS-01_WD-WCANY3168119
E: ID_PATH=pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-1:0:0:0
E: ID_FS_LABEL=root
E: ID_FS_LABEL_ENC=root
E: ID_FS_UUID=37712878-aea6-4740-b560-5b2655ed96eb
E: ID_FS_UUID_ENC=37712878-aea6-4740-b560-5b2655ed96eb
E: ID_FS_SEC_TYPE=ext2
E: ID_FS_VERSION=1.0
E: ID_FS_TYPE=ext3
E: ID_FS_USAGE=filesystem
E: DKD_PARTITION=1
E: DKD_PARTITION_SCHEME=mbr
E: DKD_PARTITION_NUMBER=2
E: DKD_PARTITION_TYPE=0x83
E: DKD_PARTITION_SIZE=25917857280
E: DKD_PRESENTATION_NOPOLICY=0
E: DEVLINKS=/dev/block/8:34 /dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD2500YS-01SHB1_WD-WCANY3168119-part2 /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_WDC_WD2500YS-01_WD-WCANY3168119-part2 /dev/disk/by-path/pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-1:0:0:0-part2 /dev/disk/by-uuid/37712878-aea6-4740-b560-5b2655ed96eb /dev/disk/by-label/root

P: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host3/target3:0:0/3:0:0:0/block/sdc/sdc3
N: sdc3
W: 206
S: block/8:35
S: disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD2500YS-01SHB1_WD-WCANY3168119-part3
S: disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_WDC_WD2500YS-01_WD-WCANY3168119-part3
S: disk/by-path/pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-1:0:0:0-part3
S: disk/by-uuid/76EC2AD4EC2A8F05
S: disk/by-label/MS_data
E: UDEV_LOG=3
E: DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host3/target3:0:0/3:0:0:0/block/sdc/sdc3
E: MAJOR=8
E: MINOR=35
E: DEVNAME=/dev/sdc3
E: DEVTYPE=partition
E: SUBSYSTEM=block
E: ID_TYPE=disk
E: ID_BUS=ata
E: ID_MODEL=WDC_WD2500YS-01SHB1
E: ID_MODEL_ENC=WDC\x20WD2500YS-01SHB1\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20 \x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20
E: ID_REVISION=20.06C06
E: ID_SERIAL=WDC_WD2500YS-01SHB1_WD-WCANY3168119
E: ID_SERIAL_SHORT=WD-WCANY3168119
E: ID_SCSI_COMPAT=SATA_WDC_WD2500YS-01_WD-WCANY3168119
E: ID_PATH=pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-1:0:0:0
E: ID_FS_UUID=76EC2AD4EC2A8F05
E: ID_FS_UUID_ENC=76EC2AD4EC2A8F05
E: ID_FS_LABEL=MS_data
E: ID_FS_LABEL_ENC=MS_data
E: ID_FS_TYPE=ntfs
E: ID_FS_USAGE=filesystem
E: DKD_PARTITION=1
E: DKD_PARTITION_SCHEME=mbr
E: DKD_PARTITION_NUMBER=3
E: DKD_PARTITION_TYPE=0x07
E: DKD_PARTITION_SIZE=224048401920
E: DKD_PRESENTATION_NOPOLICY=0
E: DEVLINKS=/dev/block/8:35 /dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD2500YS-01SHB1_WD-WCANY3168119-part3 /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_WDC_WD2500YS-01_WD-WCANY3168119-part3 /dev/disk/by-path/pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-1:0:0:0-part3 /dev/disk/by-uuid/76EC2AD4EC2A8F05 /dev/disk/by-label/MS_data

...

P: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.5/host4/target4:0:0/4:0:0:0/block/sdd
N: sdd
W: 209
S: block/8:48
S: disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD5000AAKS-75A7B0_WD-WCASY0613744
S: disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_WDC_WD5000AAKS-_WD-WCASY0613744
S: disk/by-path/pci-0000:00:1f.5-scsi-0:0:0:0
E: UDEV_LOG=3
E: DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.5/host4/target4:0:0/4:0:0:0/block/sdd
E: MAJOR=8
E: MINOR=48
E: DEVNAME=/dev/sdd
E: DEVTYPE=disk
E: SUBSYSTEM=block
E: ID_TYPE=disk
E: ID_BUS=ata
E: ID_MODEL=WDC_WD5000AAKS-75A7B0
E: ID_MODEL_ENC=WDC\x20WD5000AAKS-75A7B0\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20 \x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20
E: ID_REVISION=01.03B01
E: ID_SERIAL=WDC_WD5000AAKS-75A7B0_WD-WCASY0613744
E: ID_SERIAL_SHORT=WD-WCASY0613744
E: ID_SCSI_COMPAT=SATA_WDC_WD5000AAKS-_WD-WCASY0613744
E: ID_PATH=pci-0000:00:1f.5-scsi-0:0:0:0
E: DKD_MEDIA_AVAILABLE=1
E: DKD_PARTITION_TABLE=1
E: DKD_PARTITION_TABLE_SCHEME=mbr
E: DKD_ATA_SMART_IS_AVAILABLE=1
E: DKD_PRESENTATION_NOPOLICY=0
E: DEVLINKS=/dev/block/8:48 /dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD5000AAKS-75A7B0_WD-WCASY0613744 /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_WDC_WD5000AAKS-_WD-WCASY0613744 /dev/disk/by-path/pci-0000:00:1f.5-scsi-0:0:0:0

P: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.5/host4/target4:0:0/4:0:0:0/block/sdd/sdd1
N: sdd1
W: 208
S: block/8:49
S: disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD5000AAKS-75A7B0_WD-WCASY0613744-part1
S: disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_WDC_WD5000AAKS-_WD-WCASY0613744-part1
S: disk/by-path/pci-0000:00:1f.5-scsi-0:0:0:0-part1
S: disk/by-uuid/2A1034FF1034D413
S: disk/by-label/NTFS
E: UDEV_LOG=3
E: DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.5/host4/target4:0:0/4:0:0:0/block/sdd/sdd1
E: MAJOR=8
E: MINOR=49
E: DEVNAME=/dev/sdd1
E: DEVTYPE=partition
E: SUBSYSTEM=block
E: ID_TYPE=disk
E: ID_BUS=ata
E: ID_MODEL=WDC_WD5000AAKS-75A7B0
E: ID_MODEL_ENC=WDC\x20WD5000AAKS-75A7B0\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20 \x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20
E: ID_REVISION=01.03B01
E: ID_SERIAL=WDC_WD5000AAKS-75A7B0_WD-WCASY0613744
E: ID_SERIAL_SHORT=WD-WCASY0613744
E: ID_SCSI_COMPAT=SATA_WDC_WD5000AAKS-_WD-WCASY0613744
E: ID_PATH=pci-0000:00:1f.5-scsi-0:0:0:0
E: ID_FS_UUID=2A1034FF1034D413
E: ID_FS_UUID_ENC=2A1034FF1034D413
E: ID_FS_LABEL=NTFS
E: ID_FS_LABEL_ENC=NTFS
E: ID_FS_TYPE=ntfs
E: ID_FS_USAGE=filesystem
E: DKD_PARTITION=1
E: DKD_PARTITION_SCHEME=mbr
E: DKD_PARTITION_NUMBER=1
E: DKD_PARTITION_TYPE=0x42
E: DKD_PARTITION_SIZE=500105217024
E: DKD_PRESENTATION_NOPOLICY=0
E: DEVLINKS=/dev/block/8:49 /dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD5000AAKS-75A7B0_WD-WCASY0613744-part1 /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_WDC_WD5000AAKS-_WD-WCASY0613744-part1 /dev/disk/by-path/pci-0000:00:1f.5-scsi-0:0:0:0-part1 /dev/disk/by-uuid/2A1034FF1034D413 /dev/disk/by-label/NTFS

...

P: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.5/host5/target5:0:0/5:0:0:0/block/sde
N: sde
W: 211
S: block/8:64
S: disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD5000AAKS-65YGA0_WD-WCAS87415965
S: disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_WDC_WD5000AAKS-_WD-WCAS87415965
S: disk/by-path/pci-0000:00:1f.5-scsi-1:0:0:0
E: UDEV_LOG=3
E: DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.5/host5/target5:0:0/5:0:0:0/block/sde
E: MAJOR=8
E: MINOR=64
E: DEVNAME=/dev/sde
E: DEVTYPE=disk
E: SUBSYSTEM=block
E: ID_TYPE=disk
E: ID_BUS=ata
E: ID_MODEL=WDC_WD5000AAKS-65YGA0
E: ID_MODEL_ENC=WDC\x20WD5000AAKS-65YGA0\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20 \x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20
E: ID_REVISION=12.01C02
E: ID_SERIAL=WDC_WD5000AAKS-65YGA0_WD-WCAS87415965
E: ID_SERIAL_SHORT=WD-WCAS87415965
E: ID_SCSI_COMPAT=SATA_WDC_WD5000AAKS-_WD-WCAS87415965
E: ID_PATH=pci-0000:00:1f.5-scsi-1:0:0:0
E: DKD_MEDIA_AVAILABLE=1
E: DKD_PARTITION_TABLE=1
E: DKD_PARTITION_TABLE_SCHEME=mbr
E: DKD_ATA_SMART_IS_AVAILABLE=1
E: DKD_PRESENTATION_NOPOLICY=0
E: DEVLINKS=/dev/block/8:64 /dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD5000AAKS-65YGA0_WD-WCAS87415965 /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_WDC_WD5000AAKS-_WD-WCAS87415965 /dev/disk/by-path/pci-0000:00:1f.5-scsi-1:0:0:0

P: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.5/host5/target5:0:0/5:0:0:0/block/sde/sde1
N: sde1
W: 210
S: block/8:65
S: disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD5000AAKS-65YGA0_WD-WCAS87415965-part1
S: disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_WDC_WD5000AAKS-_WD-WCAS87415965-part1
S: disk/by-path/pci-0000:00:1f.5-scsi-1:0:0:0-part1
S: disk/by-uuid/0c824011-75ea-4ab3-9dc5-cf406f16cd43
S: disk/by-label/multimedia
E: UDEV_LOG=3
E: DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.5/host5/target5:0:0/5:0:0:0/block/sde/sde1
E: MAJOR=8
E: MINOR=65
E: DEVNAME=/dev/sde1
E: DEVTYPE=partition
E: SUBSYSTEM=block
E: ID_TYPE=disk
E: ID_BUS=ata
E: ID_MODEL=WDC_WD5000AAKS-65YGA0
E: ID_MODEL_ENC=WDC\x20WD5000AAKS-65YGA0\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20 \x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20
E: ID_REVISION=12.01C02
E: ID_SERIAL=WDC_WD5000AAKS-65YGA0_WD-WCAS87415965
E: ID_SERIAL_SHORT=WD-WCAS87415965
E: ID_SCSI_COMPAT=SATA_WDC_WD5000AAKS-_WD-WCAS87415965
E: ID_PATH=pci-0000:00:1f.5-scsi-1:0:0:0
E: ID_FS_LABEL=multimedia
E: ID_FS_LABEL_ENC=multimedia
E: ID_FS_UUID=0c824011-75ea-4ab3-9dc5-cf406f16cd43
E: ID_FS_UUID_ENC=0c824011-75ea-4ab3-9dc5-cf406f16cd43
E: ID_FS_SEC_TYPE=ext2
E: ID_FS_VERSION=1.0
E: ID_FS_TYPE=ext3
E: ID_FS_USAGE=filesystem
E: DKD_PARTITION=1
E: DKD_PARTITION_SCHEME=mbr
E: DKD_PARTITION_NUMBER=1
E: DKD_PARTITION_TYPE=0x83
E: DKD_PARTITION_SIZE=500105217024
E: DKD_PRESENTATION_NOPOLICY=0
E: DEVLINKS=/dev/block/8:65 /dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD5000AAKS-65YGA0_WD-WCAS87415965-part1 /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_WDC_WD5000AAKS-_WD-WCAS87415965-part1 /dev/disk/by-path/pci-0000:00:1f.5-scsi-1:0:0:0-part1 /dev/disk/by-uuid/0c824011-75ea-4ab3-9dc5-cf406f16cd43 /dev/disk/by-label/multimedia

...

P: /devices/virtual/block/loop0
N: loop0
W: 20
S: block/7:0
E: UDEV_LOG=3
E: DEVPATH=/devices/virtual/block/loop0
E: MAJOR=7
E: MINOR=0
E: DEVNAME=/dev/loop0
E: DEVTYPE=disk
E: SUBSYSTEM=block
E: ID_FS_VERSION=1024.0
E: ID_FS_TYPE=squashfs
E: ID_FS_USAGE=filesystem
E: DEVLINKS=/dev/block/7:0

P: /devices/virtual/block/loop1
N: loop1
W: 25
S: block/7:1
S: disk/by-uuid/0b140d9f-7655-0347-9897-924184301560
S: disk/by-label/casper-rw
E: UDEV_LOG=3
E: DEVPATH=/devices/virtual/block/loop1
E: MAJOR=7
E: MINOR=1
E: DEVNAME=/dev/loop1
E: DEVTYPE=disk
E: SUBSYSTEM=block
E: ID_FS_LABEL=casper-rw
E: ID_FS_LABEL_ENC=casper-rw
E: ID_FS_UUID=0b140d9f-7655-0347-9897-924184301560
E: ID_FS_UUID_ENC=0b140d9f-7655-0347-9897-924184301560
E: ID_FS_VERSION=1.0
E: ID_FS_TYPE=ext2
E: ID_FS_USAGE=filesystem
E: DEVLINKS=/dev/block/7:1 /dev/disk/by-uuid/0b140d9f-7655-0347-9897-924184301560 /dev/disk/by-label/casper-rw

[gooched]

Hey heiko. I was having this same problem until I stumbled upon this bug report from 9.10's installer:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...ty/+bug/461470

Removing dmraid with 'sudo apt-get remove dmraid' in a terminal while in the livecd desktop fixed the issue for me.
Typing this from a fully functional 10.04 install.

Hope this helps.

[frantid]

heiko_s, I'm still looking for a solution out there. This one seems promising. Though it's not an exact match, it may be worth a try:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php...89&postcount=5

[snappy46]

Thanks for the input. I booted up Linux Mint 8 and ran gparted - it detects ALL drives and partitions. So this is not the problem here.

What about when you boot up from the Ubuntu 10.04 and run gparted? Mine says that sda unallocated although I have 3 partition on it.

[DazMcK]

Hey guys I also have this problem.

Hey heiko. I was having this same problem until I stumbled upon this bug report from 9.10's installer:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...ty/+bug/461470

Removing dmraid with 'sudo apt-get remove dmraid' in a terminal while in the livecd desktop fixed the issue for me.
Typing this from a fully functional 10.04 install.

Hope this helps.

Tried this but it didn't work for me

My gParted also says that sda and sdb are unallocated

[frantid]

Heiko_s

I think you should look at the dmraid link, I just noticed this in your udevadm post
for /dev/sdb

E: ID_FS_TYPE=isw_raid_member
E: ID_FS_USAGE=raid

was this drive used in a raid before?

[oldfred]

Yo umay have to remove the raid meta data from the drive:

Presence1960 on remove old raid setting from HD - DO NOT run if raid system:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1325650
sudo dmraid -E -r /dev/sda
sudo dmraid -E -r /dev/sdb
Also check BIOS for raid settings

[ronparent]

olffred is absolutely correct, if you are not using raid but your drives contain old meta data, that data must be erased before the drive(s) will be treated as non raid under 10.04.

But, be very careful that your drives are not actually raid drives because the act of erasing the meta data will destroy all the data on those drives. Check for what is listed in /dev/mapper. If it contains nothing or only symbolic link for only the raid drive as a whole (ie /dev/mapper/nvidia_aebhdfib) and not individual partitions (ie /dev/mapper/nvidia_aebhdfib1 ...2 ...5 etc) then the raid is empty and it would be safe to erase. To be safe run sudo dmraid -ay ffirst in a terminal before checking /dev/mapper. I have see incidents of people who didn't know, even insisted they had no raid drives, destroy their data.