Installation problem on Sony Vaio: HD Not Recognized

[arthasmx]

I've tried to install LM on my Sony Vaio svt13125cls but installer does not recognize my HD.

I've followed lots of website tutorials with the same result.

I've changed my BIOS from UEFI to LEGACY, SECURE BOOT off, also followed instructions about dmraid (after using this command on a live session of LM I was able to install, but when laptop was rebooted, realized no changed take place; dmraid was recommended here :>> http://www.overclockers.com/how-to-dual ... aid-array/ )

have to say that after using DMRAID command in a live session of LM, I was able to see the harddrive; also, in live session i get access to the hard drive, but not during installation :/

according to my PC specifications this is the hard drive it has: Seagate ST320LT020. i've also searched for linux drivers for this disk, but haven't found them.

btw, to install windows 7 on this pc, I also have to use disk drivers so that it can be recognized by windows installer :/ (Intel(R) Mobile Express Chipset SATA RAID Controller)

Please, help me, neet to have linux and windows on this laptop

[kukamuumuka]

What tells the next commands

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sudo parted -l

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sudo fdisk -l

[arthasmx]

This is the response for those commands >> (Thanks)

mint@mint ~ $ sudo parted -l

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Model: ATA ST320LT020-9YG14 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 320GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags: 

Number  Start   End    Size   Type     File system  Flags
 1      1049kB  106MB  105MB  primary  ntfs         boot
 2      106MB   115GB  115GB  primary  ntfs


Model: ATA SAMSUNG MZMPC032 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 32,0GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags: 

Number  Start  End  Size  Type  File system  Flags


Model: Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdc: 7823MB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags: 

Number  Start   End     Size    Type     File system  Flags
 1      1049kB  7823MB  7822MB  primary  fat32        boot, lba

mint@mint ~ $ sudo fdisk -l

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Disk /dev/loop0: 1,5 GiB, 1618886656 bytes, 3161888 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/sda: 298,1 GiB, 320072933376 bytes, 625142448 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0xf6462ae9

Device     Boot  Start       End   Sectors   Size Id Type
/dev/sda1  *      2048    206847    204800   100M  7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda2       206848 225279999 225073152 107,3G  7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT


Disk /dev/sdb: 29,8 GiB, 32017047552 bytes, 62533296 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x4ff7a298


Disk /dev/sdc: 7,3 GiB, 7823458304 bytes, 15280192 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x0353ada9

Device     Boot Start      End  Sectors  Size Id Type
/dev/sdc1  *     2048 15280191 15278144  7,3G  c W95 FAT32 (LBA)

[michael louwe]

@ arthasmx, .......

Maybe, you should set the BIOS setting for the hard-drive to AHCI, not RAID, and install in Legacy BIOS mode(= CSM enabled) since the 320GB hard-drive is in ms-dos mode.
... Installing in UEFI mode requires the hard-drive to be in GPT mode and the use of 64bit bootable OS/software. To install LM in UEFI mode, Secure Boot and Fast Boot should be disabled, and Fast Start-up in Win 8/10 disabled(>Control Panel >Power Options).

You can use GParted from the Live LM USB-stick to manipulate the hard-drive, eg convert from ms-dos to GPT mode.