I have had the same problem trying to install Ubuntu Fiesty Fawn onto a mixed SATA/IDE system. The SATA is my new drive - the IDE is my old XP one, which I am keeping just in case I need any of the old data on it.
I am very dissapointed that Ubuntu is not able to do what it says - which is perform a clean install onto a quite simple system to allow dual boot. I am someone who is quite computer literate and wishing to move away from XP, but has neither the time nor the inclination to go faffing around with manual editing of Linux configuration files. It is this kind of problem which keeps people away from Linux. As dexus wrote, SATA drives are now more common (I would say they are now the norm) and there are many users who will have mixed systems. Somone, somewhere needs to sort this out so that on installation a non- literate person gets what they want - Ubuntu installed on the right drive - without any editing of configuration files or the MBR being written to the wrong drive (as in my case). I don't care why it is happening. It just needs to be sorted. -- Installer doesn't recognise SATA disks as primary. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/32357 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
