On several current FTP edgy installation attempts, the partitioner
claims this (old WD) HD0 is unpartitioned (fdisk -l output from dapper
HD1 boot):

Disk /dev/hda: 4000 MB, 4000776192 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 486 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot Start  End   Blocks  Id  System
/dev/hda1   *      1   13   104391  83  Linux
/dev/hda2         14   14     8032+ 11  Hidden FAT12
/dev/hda3         15   24    80325   6  FAT16
/dev/hda4         25  487  3719047+  5  Extended
/dev/hda5         25   55   248976  82  Linux swap
/dev/hda6         56  487  3470008+ 83  Linux

Note the CHS values. When this drive is wiped, head count is not 255.
IIRC, it was C969 H128 S63, which maybe the partitioner wants to use
instead of what is actually in use. Dapper is having no problem using
this device as partitioned, and neither do the Breezy or Dapper CD
installers.

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Installer does not see partitions on an IDE drive
https://launchpad.net/bugs/16186

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