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I have an acer aspireone aod250, i putted an external cdrom and downloaded the ubuntu, tried to install it but it didn't recognize the hdd... i though it was the ...
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[SOLVED] help! can't install ubuntu =S
I have an acer aspireone aod250, i putted an external cdrom and downloaded the ubuntu, tried to install it but it didn't recognize the hdd... i though it was the cd, i downloaded ubuntu netbook edition, it did the same. i thought maybe i could try another operative, i downloaded linux mint 9, did the same thing. then ordered a cd from ubuntu.com, got in today, and it doesn't recognize my hdd. btw, the hdd is a seagate momentus 5400.6 with 160gb. i already ran ubuntu with the cd rom and starts the instalation, but when it arrives to the partitioning part of the instalation, it doesn't detect my hdd. but the bios in the pc detects it...
can anyone help?
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Check BIOS again and make sure that Hard disk must be enabled there. A few BIOSes have that option.
Boot up from LiveCD of any Linux distro, open Terminal and execute this
Post output here.Code:sudo fdisk -l
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I tried using the code on fedora13 and it says: " liveuser is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported.
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If you're running a LiveCD, you should be able to get that output.
Are you booting to a Live disc? Or to another installed OS?
You could also try it without sudoCode:fdisk -l
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Execute this
Code:su - /sbin/fdisk -l
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it is running from the cd. and yes, i also tried writing fdisk -l and it did nothing =/
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su-
/sbin/fdisk -l says:
Disk /dev/dm-0: 3221 MB, 3221225472 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 391 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000000
Disk /dev/dm-0 doesn't contain a valid partition table
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sorry, didn't read everything and thought it reapeted xP
it has below exactly the same data but it's for
Disk /dev/dm-1
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Linux is not detecting Hard disk. Try Windows Installation CD and check if it detects Hard disk or not.
In case it doesn't detect, try PartedMagic or System Rescue CD. Both have a lot of tools to fix Hard Disk errors.It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.
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the netbook has windows xp installed, and it runs in normaly.
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