Ubuntu Hard drive problem

[mclane20032001]

Just got a new 1TB hard drive to upgrade my system. I first took out the old drive to just start with a fresh install of ubuntu on the new drive. I boot from the CD and get to the part where you partition the drive and nothing shows up. Just the partitioning tool and nothing in the window.

I boot from a windows xp disk and the hard drive shows up and I am able to partition. I dont install windows.

I put the old drive in as the master. I boot from the old hard drive with ubuntu on it. Go to Gparted to see if I can partition the new drive there but it does not show up.

I run sudo fdisk -l and it only shows the old hard drive.

I have no idea why ubuntu can't see the drive since it shows up in my BIOS and the Windows installer can see it.

 

[BorisandBailey]

That one honestly baffles me. I haven't looked up any other possible answers from the Ubuntu site yet, but one thing comes to mind: what if you were to try to install the leaner Xubuntu? With such a huge drive, Xubuntu could be a very good choice since it is leaner and faster than Ubuntu. My other thought is to download Ubuntu again and burn it to rule out something missed in the transfer.

 

[monton]

Have you tried removing the old drive and installing the new one as master?