Problems installing kubuntu on USB drive

[Rick Bowers]

At 12/8/2006 07:35 PM, you wrote:
>On Fri, 8 Dec 2006, Rick Bowers wrote:
> > I have a Dell Latitude D610 that I'm trying to install ubuntu on. It
> > has a 100GB internal drive and I also have a 250GB external drive
> > connected on the USB port.
> >
> > When I run through the install "wizard", I get to step 5 asking me to
> > select the installation disk.
> >
> > It shows:
> > Select disk to install on
> > O /dev/sda (SCSI1) and
> > O /dev/sdb (SCSI3)
> >
> > I select the second, /dev/sdb (SCSI3)
> >
> > The next screen shows:
> > O Erase entire disk
> > O Manually edit the partition table
> >
> > I select the 2nd option, then see the messages "Getting information
> > about /dev/sda2
> >
> > Eventually I see the partition list for /dev/sda, with what appears
> > to be a drop-down to select /dev/sda or /dev/sdb.
> >
> > At this point, the process is frozen. I cannot select <<Back, I
> > cannot open the drop-down, nothing.
> >
> > There is a "progress bar" above the partition list that shows in
> > yellow, and slowly scrolls right, the resets to the left and scrolls
> > right again, ad nauseum.
> >
> > So, why does it show /dev/sda when I've selected /dev/sdb? Why can't
> > I do anything from this screen (but kill the process)?
> >
> > Any thoughts???
>
>Sounds like an installer bug to me.


>Yeah, I was thinking that. So how do I get it resolved?