Hi Erik, I came across the following "How-to" from Ubuntu support site. FYI. See if it can be of help?
http://askubuntu.com/questions/343268/how-to-use-manual-partitioning-during-installation Regards, Wen On Mar 4, 2015 9:22 PM, "Erik Christiansen" <[email protected]> wrote: > On 04.03.15 10:19, Michele Bert wrote: > > 2015-03-04 10:12 GMT+01:00 Erik Christiansen <[email protected]>: > > > > > > To install on a new hard-drive, selected "Something Else" at the first > > > "Installation type" dialogue. > > > > > > If I get the point right, "Something else" in that context means that > > you want to create the necessary partitions by hand. The simplest > > choice in that menu should e something like "Use full disk", or > > something like that. > > There's nothing remotely like that, unfortunately. The dialogue given by > "Something else" simply offers a selection of all the disk devices > present, including the new drive. The "Partitioning ..." button does not > do anything to either propose default partitioning or offer manual > options. It does not even plonk a minimalist root partition, which would > at least allow progression via the "Install now" button. (With the hope > of further partitioning choices on the next dialogue.) > > At the first "Installation type" dialogue, the alternatives to > "Something else" are to install over or beside the ubuntu distros found > on the two old drives. That dialogue does _not_ recognise the presence > of the new drive. If it did, I might not be forced down the only other > path. > > One old drive is observably approaching end of life, and the other is > also a decade old, so the new drive is very necessary. > > > I do not have a 14.04 iso at hand to try right now, thus I'm just > guessing. > > I have it, and I'm just as lost. GUIs and I don't get along terribly > well, but 10.04 was much better. (Or was that 7.10 or 5.10 that was the > best one? There were proper choices back then.) > > Erik > > -- > Logic is the beginning of wisdom, not the end. (Leonard Nimoy) > _______________________________________________ > luv-main mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.luv.asn.au/listinfo/luv-main >
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