The problem was not present in desktop 8/15-16 for [x|k]ubuntu (I tried all 3). The delay retrieving the partition information is now less than 5 seconds.
I still could not install using the live cd but those were errors happening later in the install process. I would mark this bug as closed. Note: I could boot with the knot-1 disk, manually set up the drive (fdisk and mke2fs) and use it to install gentoo. Disk access outside of the installer seemed unaffected. The knot-1 alternate (text mode) installs worked without error. -- edgy knot-1 desktop cd - harddrive is not accessable https://launchpad.net/bugs/54727 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
