Trying to install ubuntu 13.10 on new alienware

[rektiphyr]

Hi all,

I'm having a hard time getting ubuntu intalled on my new laptop. I'm able to boot into live mode from a usb stick, but when I run the installer I don't see any partitions on the disk. The goal is to install ubuntu alongside my windows 7 partition. I've been stuck on this for a while now, any help would be great. I've attached some screenshots and logs that may give more info.

Cheers.

http://i58.tinypic.com/33dbbtl.png
http://i57.tinypic.com/1fe5p3.jpg

fdisk -l



Disk /dev/sda: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders, total 1953525168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x5543cc3b

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 63 80324 40131 de Dell Utility
Partition 1 does not start on physical sector boundary.
/dev/sda2 * 81920 21467135 10692608 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda3 21467136 1625833471 802183168 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda4 1625833472 1953523711 163845120 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 1625835520 1953523711 163844096 83 Linux

Disk /dev/sdb: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders, total 156301488 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x5543c936

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 2048 22081535 11039744 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT

Disk /dev/sdc: 7998 MB, 7998537728 bytes
247 heads, 62 sectors/track, 1020 cylinders, total 15622144 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000768e4

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdc1 * 62 15620279 7810109 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)


parted -l


Model: ATA WDC WD10JPVX-75J (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 1000GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B
Partition Table: msdos

Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 32.3kB 41.1MB 41.1MB primary fat16 diag
2 41.9MB 11.0GB 10.9GB primary ntfs boot
3 11.0GB 832GB 821GB primary ntfs
4 832GB 1000GB 168GB extended
5 832GB 1000GB 168GB logical ext4


Model: ATA LITEONIT DMT-80M (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 80.0GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos

Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 1049kB 11.3GB 11.3GB primary ntfs


Model: Kingston DataTraveler G3 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdc: 7999MB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos

Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 31.7kB 7998MB 7998MB primary fat32 boot, lba

[rektiphyr]

Some further reading has led me to believe this may be happening because I resized the drive using the windows disk management tool, as this can mess up GPT vs MBR? II'ma bit out of my depth here. Can anyone provide more info? Bump.

[rektiphyr]

Update: I have tried 14.04 instead -- same thing. No one has any ideas? Bump.

[rektiphyr]

Well a few days of puttering about with google and I managed to fix it myself. Turns out there was stray GPT data lingering about. I was able to remove it with gdisk and installed 14.04 with no problems. Cheers.