Install does not see Vista

[poliltimmy]

The install gets to 'type of installation'. It sees no Vista install. Apire m1100. fresh Vista install. Tried Mint, tried PCLinux same results.


ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 251.1 GB, 251059544064 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30522 cylinders, total 490350672 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: 0x9800481f

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 2048 418668535 209333244 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda2 418668544 490346495 35838976 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$

[oldfred]

Does gparted show any little warning icons on your two partitions?

Was drive ever RAID or gpt? Both may leave meta-data on drive that prevents use with MBR(msdos). Windows often ignores the discrepancy but Linux sees the other data and does not want to damage system so it just stops and assumes you really want RAID or gpt partitioning.

Presence1960 on remove old raid setting from HD
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1325650
sudo dmraid -E -r /dev/sda
sudo dmraid -E -r /dev/sdb

Fixparts - Repair broken partition tables (not overlapping issues) & delete Stray gpt data from MBR drives
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1705325
http://www.rodsbooks.com/fixparts/
First backup partition table, use your drive for sdX or sda, sdb etc.
sudo sfdisk -d /dev/sdX > parts.txt