Well, Houston, it seems all is well in the 'hood. I was able to restore the data from my old 4TB drive to the new shiny 8TB drive, and the OS is working so far. Looks like the lunar injection burn worked!
Thank-you all for your help and support! Mark On Wed, Aug 20, 2025 at 12:11 PM Mark Phillips <m...@phillipsmarketing.biz> wrote: > After looking at the log file, I found > disk 'disk-nvme0n1' does not have correct partition table or cannot be > read, but preserve is set to true (or wipe is not set). cannot continue > installation. > > I rebooted and started the install again. It seems that one has to tick > the wipe the disk option, and then tick the manual partition table option, > and then setup the partition tables. There is no "erase the disk option" on > the manual partition table setup screen. The installation is now going > forward. > > IMO, that is a bug in the setup process, because the options for "wipe the > disk" and "manual setup" are presented as mutually exclusive in the > installer screens. > > Anyway, I got the "installation done, reboot now" screen, so wish me luck, > Houston. I will contact you as soon as I transit the back side of the > moon..... > > Mark > > > On Wed, Aug 20, 2025 at 11:51 AM Mark Phillips <m...@phillipsmarketing.biz> > wrote: > >> Here is the log file from the aborted installation >> >> On Wed, Aug 20, 2025 at 11:48 AM Mark Phillips < >> m...@phillipsmarketing.biz> wrote: >> >>> Houston, we have a problem. >>> >>> I installed the new 1TB and 8TB SSDs and attempted to install Ubuntu >>> 24.04 from the live USB stick I have been using so far. I went through the >>> manual installation steps, put the OS on the 1 TB drive and setup the 8TB >>> drive, and the installation crashed. The drives are brand new. I >>> submitted a bug report to Ubuntu - >>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/subiquity/+bug/2121085. Not sure if you can >>> access that report to see if you know what happened. Any suggestions? I >>> will try it again and take screenshots of the partition tables. Maybe I >>> messed that up. >>> >>> Mark >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Aug 19, 2025 at 6:26 PM Russell Senior <russ...@pdxlinux.org> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 8/19/25 16:34, Mark Phillips wrote: >>>> > Does anyone know if the Ubuntu 24.04 installer will take care of >>>> creating >>>> > the mount point on the second drive for /home and put the OS on the >>>> first >>>> > drive? Or, do I have to install the OS on the first drive first, then >>>> > format the second drive and make the mount point myself? >>>> >>>> You don't have to format your /home directory, you should just adjust >>>> the /etc/fstab to point at your old home partition. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Russell Senior >>>> russ...@pdxlinux.org >>>> >>>> > Thanks! >>>> > >>>> > Mark >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > On Tue, Aug 19, 2025 at 3:32 PM Mark Phillips < >>>> m...@phillipsmarketing.biz> >>>> > wrote: >>>> > >>>> >> Ctrl+Alt+Fn +any function key does not give me a CLI on the old >>>> system. >>>> >> >>>> >> Since I am installing Ubuntu on one drive and /home/mark on another >>>> drive, >>>> >> I don't think I need LVM, either. >>>> >> >>>> >> Mark >>>> >> >>>> >> On Tue, Aug 19, 2025 at 3:04 PM Tomas Kuchta < >>>> tomas.kuchta.li...@gmail.com> >>>> >> wrote: >>>> >> >>>> >>> This being laptop ? and using Ubuntu - LVM also makes sense for >>>> full disk >>>> >>> encryption as per 24.04 install options. >>>> >>> >>>> >>> -T >>>> >>> >>>> >>> On Tue, Aug 19, 2025, 17:15 Michael Ewan <michaelewa...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>> >>>> >>>> For anyone interested in LVM, here is an article I wrote a while >>>> back. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>>> https://medium.com/@michaelewan/the-joy-of-using-the-logical-volume-manager-with-linux-f1768e5413ef >>>> >>>> On Tue, Aug 19, 2025 at 1:22 PM Paul Heinlein <heinl...@madboa.com >>>> > >>>> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Tue, 19 Aug 2025, wes wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>>>> I would suggest only using LVM if you plan to actually take >>>> >>> advantage >>>> >>>> of >>>> >>>>>> its features. there is no benefit to just having an LVM volume in >>>> >>> the >>>> >>>> same >>>> >>>>>> capacity as you would have a traditional partition. and a >>>> >>> significant >>>> >>>>>> disadvantage if things go wrong in the future. >>>> >>>>> This is good advice. >>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>>>> take advantage of its features >>>> >>>>> Among these, I'd specifically include >>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>>> * altering the size of your filesystems >>>> >>>>> * integrating new disks into your filesystems >>>> >>>>> * snapshot-based backups >>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>>> If you have local disk capacity far beyond what you currently >>>> need, >>>> >>>>> LVM would provide a handy way to right-size your current >>>> filesystems >>>> >>>>> while giving yourself a lot of flexibility for future expansion. >>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>>> -- >>>> >>>>> Paul Heinlein >>>> >>>>> heinl...@madboa.com >>>> >>>>> 45°22'48" N, 122°35'36" W >>>> >>>>
