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I try to install 11.10 on my Asus U30JC laptop. I have 3 partitions. 2 for windows and another Ext3 partition for Ubuntu. I try to install Ubuntu with my USB flash memory. The problem is when you should select the installation partition, it just shows my HDD as a single 500 Gigabyte Unallocated partition. Anyone has any idea what the problem may be?

/dev/sda1   *        2048      206847      102400    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda2          206848   137129983    68461568    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda3       137130901   210354175    36611637+   f  W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5       210355173   976768064   383206446    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda6       137134080   149716991     6291456   82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda7       149719040   210354175    30317568   83  Linux
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  • [ 6.185959] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 976773168 512-byte logical blocks: (500 GB/465 GiB) [ 6.186035] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off [ 6.186047] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 [ 6.186072] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA [ 6.246528] sda: sda1 sda2 sda3 < sda5 sda6 sda7 > [ 6.247081] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk [ 8.117459] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] 7831552 512-byte logical blocks: (4.00 GB/3.73 GiB) [ 8.118250] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off [ 8.118256] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense:43 00 00 00
    – saber
    Nov 8, 2011 at 18:09
  • [ 8.119122] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page present [ 8.119127] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through [ 8.122932] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page present [ 8.122937] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through [ 8.123573] sdb: sdb1 [ 8.126544] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page present [ 8.126549] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through [ 8.126554] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk [ 9.055432] EXT3-fs (sda7): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode
    – saber
    Nov 8, 2011 at 18:10
  • [ 23.431123] Adding 6291452k swap on /dev/sda6. Priority:-1 extents:1 across:6291452k [ 132.924466] EXT3-fs (sda7): using internal journal [ 132.924474] EXT3-fs (sda7): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode
    – saber
    Nov 8, 2011 at 18:10
  • This shows "sda" as a 500GB HDD, but I see six partitions: sda1, sda2, sda3, sda5, sda6, and sda7 - not the three you mentioned initially. Send the output of this command fdisk -l /dev/sda.
    – dan_linder
    Nov 8, 2011 at 18:15
  • Can you add info by editing the original question instead of posing comments. Nov 8, 2011 at 18:16

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Is it possible you chose the "don't overwrite any existing filesystems" option when you're starting the install? (I can't remember the exact name for that option...)

If the Linux partition (/dev/sda6 and /dev/sda7) is not needed, you could try deleting that partition and see if the installer sees the "free" space. Then the installer should see the free space and let you install there.

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