Hi, It's interesting that it works on an upgrade but not from the install CD - so I guess it's possible it's been fixed in one of the Intrepid fixes that happend after the CD - or it's an installer problem. Your machine is a slightly rarer machine I guess - I've not seen that IDE controller before; if you boot the 8.10 install CD and get the dmesg from that it might help?
Even though you've found a work around it would be good if you can try it from the live cd so that it can get fixed for others. Dave ** Changed in: ubuntu Status: New => Incomplete -- Fail to detect Western Digital hard drive on install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/291757 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs