hi colin thnkyou SO much for looking at this - i'm very relieved to know that i'm definitely not going round the twist!
the only other information i think i can give you which may help are the attached 2 photographs. the first is a shot of how GParted sees the disk structure of a successful ext3 based LVM installation. the second is how the installation disc partition manager sees the same drive. it was this misrepresentation of the drive size by the partition manager that first gave me a clue as to what was happening. if it makes you feel any better, this isnt just a *buntu problem, it also afftects OpenSUSE and Debian (to my knowledge) ** Attachment added: "DSCN0355.JPG" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30717914/DSCN0355.JPG -- Installation fails on Crucial/Micron M225 256gb SSD https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/415888 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
