I also was receiving this error. Richard's workaround has worked for me. For what its worth, here's my relevant hardware setup:
Core i7 processor MSI X58M motherboard Only 1 SATA drive -- ubiquity partition step does not show some hard drives https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/459054 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
