[Bug 298760] Re: Cannot Install to External USB HDD

[Phillip Susi]

I believe this was fixed years ago.


** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Fix Released

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Title:
  Cannot Install to External USB HDD

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  I'm trying to install Ubuntu 8.10 onto my laptop (Fujitsu-Siemens
  Amilo Pi 2515).

  For various reasons, I don't want it installed to my internal HDD, so
  I'm trying to install it on an external HDD connected through USB.

  I run the Live CD and after Ubuntu has gone through its setting up, I
  plug in the external HDD.

  Ubuntu sees the three parts of the external HDD. I can read files
  stored there and save files to those partitions. The fact that Ubuntu
  can see the external HDD is evidenced by the output of SUDO FDISK -L,
  which is:

  Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
  255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
  Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
  Disk identifier: 0x509ee0a7

     Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
  /dev/sda1               1        1530    12288000   27  Unknown
  /dev/sda2   *        1530       13567    96685056    7  HPFS/NTFS
  /dev/sda4           13567       19458    47314944    7  HPFS/NTFS
  Partition 4 does not end on cylinder boundary.

  Disk /dev/sdb: 80.0 GB, 80026361344 bytes
  255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders
  Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
  Disk identifier: 0x94e494e4

     Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
  /dev/sdb1               1        2010    16145293+   7  HPFS/NTFS
  /dev/sdb2            2011        8538    52436160    5  Extended
  /dev/sdb3            8539        8610      578340   82  Linux swap / Solaris
  /dev/sdb4   *        8611        9729     8988367+  83  Linux
  /dev/sdb5            2011        8538    52436128+   7  HPFS/NTFS


  So now I try to run the Install program. Steps 1-3 are OK and routine,
  but I hit problems on step 4 because Ubuntu will only give me the
  option of installing to my internal HDD. Devices /dev/sdb? are
  completely ignored, as is demonstrated on the attached screenshot.

  I can only attach one file it seems, but if I select "Manual" instead
  of guided I get a screen offering me the option of setting up further
  partitions, but only of my internal HDD (sda).

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