Hardware :: Ubuntu Does Not Detect Hard Drive
Nov 3, 2010
When I try to install it gets to the partition manager screen but does not see the hard drive.
Hardware Specs:
AMDX64 3800+ Socket 939 duel core
Asus a8n32-sli motherboard nforce 4 chipset
Nvidia 8600gts
2 GB Mushkin Memory DDR 400
Samsung 80GB Model: HD080HJ/P Hard Drive
Things I've tried:
I tried a different hard drive Western Digital Model:WD1600bevs - That Works Fine.
I tried Different Versions of Ubuntu 9.10X86 9.10X64 9.04X86 - None Detect Hard Drive.
I Tried Jumping the Samsung Drive from 3.0 Sata 2 to 1.5 - No difference
I tried th Samsung drive in an External USB 2.0 Encloser - Drive Works Fine.
I also tried installing Windows XP on the Samsung drive, Windows Detects the drive.
I deleted all partitions with acronis and repartitioned for Linux ext3 Filesystem.
At this point I determined that the drive works fine, The bios detects it no problem. Windows detects it no problem. My ubuntu CD's all pas integrity checks and will see a Western Digital Hard Drive No Problem. In my opinion it is like Ubuntu just doesn't support that perticular drive for some reason. Maybe Firmware?
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[ 230.520892] usb 1-2.4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 6
[ 230.639400] usb 1-2.4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 230.639717] scsi9 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
[ 235.631550] scsi 9:0:0:0: Direct-Access Maxtor OneTouch 0122 PQ: 0 ANSI: 4
[Code]....
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