Public bug reported: This bug exists since LTS16.04 and is present in LTS18.04 (beta1 20 april)
Gparted, filemanager, everyone is happy with the disk. -can mount partitions -can resize partitions.... -can copy from/write on Only the installer (ubiquity) fails to see it. When asking destination, it shows the usb-booted key and nothing more. But it correctly selects the hard disk (/dev/sda) for grub location !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! parted (on 18.04 / 16.04) complains about sector size 512 linux 2048 physical (block descriptor) Under a previous ubuntu, it's ok (3.16 kernel) Exchanging this hard drive (WD10ears) is ok (but unwanted. not a fancy bios, only AHCI mode and nothing, 2011 machine. Hardware Acer Veriton M430 hdd Model Number: WDC WD10EARS-22Y5B1 Serial Number: WD-WCAV5E166338 Firmware Revision: 80.00A80 Transport: Serial, SATA 1.0a, SATA II Extensions, SATA Rev 2.5, SATA Rev 2.6 Included files : parted -l, dmidecode and hdparm -I ** Affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: installer ** Attachment added: "parted+dmidecode+hdparm" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1765769/+attachment/5124023/+files/info -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1765769 Title: ubiquity hard disk not detected To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1765769/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs