Free space created for installation of Ubuntu 'unusable'
System Configuration:
- Ubuntu - 18.10
- Boot Mode - Legacy
The bootable USB was created using rufus. I freed up 200 GB for the installation. When I select 'something else' the freed space shows up as unusable.
What to do ?
system-installation 18.10
edited Dec 14 '18 at 15:48
Sourav Ghosh
39729
asked Dec 14 '18 at 15:02
Tanmay Bhatnagar
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System Configuration:
- Ubuntu - 18.10
- Boot Mode - Legacy
The bootable USB was created using rufus. I freed up 200 GB for the installation. When I select 'something else' the freed space shows up as unusable.
What to do ?
system-installation 18.10
edited Dec 14 '18 at 15:48
Sourav Ghosh
39729
asked Dec 14 '18 at 15:02
Tanmay Bhatnagar
1053
How did you clear the 200G space that's supposed to be unallocated? Try creating a temporary NTFS partition on it and see what errors may occur.
– heynnema
Dec 14 '18 at 15:14
Partition was created using Windows partition manager
– Tanmay Bhatnagar
Dec 14 '18 at 15:16
Did you try and create a NTFS partition?
– heynnema
Dec 14 '18 at 15:17
Exit out of the installer, drop into "Try Ubuntu" mode (it happens when you exit the installer). Rungparted, then go to View > Device Information. A new panel on the left will show up. What does it say for "Partition table" in there? MBR or GPT?
– Thomas Ward♦
Dec 14 '18 at 15:49
add a comment |
System Configuration:
- Ubuntu - 18.10
- Boot Mode - Legacy
The bootable USB was created using rufus. I freed up 200 GB for the installation. When I select 'something else' the freed space shows up as unusable.
What to do ?
system-installation 18.10
edited Dec 14 '18 at 15:48
Sourav Ghosh
39729
asked Dec 14 '18 at 15:02
Tanmay Bhatnagar
1053
System Configuration:
- Ubuntu - 18.10
- Boot Mode - Legacy
The bootable USB was created using rufus. I freed up 200 GB for the installation. When I select 'something else' the freed space shows up as unusable.
What to do ?
system-installation 18.10
system-installation 18.10
edited Dec 14 '18 at 15:48
Sourav Ghosh
39729
asked Dec 14 '18 at 15:02
Tanmay Bhatnagar
1053
edited Dec 14 '18 at 15:48
Sourav Ghosh
39729
asked Dec 14 '18 at 15:02
Tanmay Bhatnagar
1053
edited Dec 14 '18 at 15:48
Sourav Ghosh
39729
edited Dec 14 '18 at 15:48
Sourav Ghosh
39729
edited Dec 14 '18 at 15:48
Sourav Ghosh
39729
39729
asked Dec 14 '18 at 15:02
Tanmay Bhatnagar
1053
asked Dec 14 '18 at 15:02
Tanmay Bhatnagar
1053
asked Dec 14 '18 at 15:02
Tanmay Bhatnagar
1053
1053
How did you clear the 200G space that's supposed to be unallocated? Try creating a temporary NTFS partition on it and see what errors may occur.
– heynnema
Dec 14 '18 at 15:14
Partition was created using Windows partition manager
– Tanmay Bhatnagar
Dec 14 '18 at 15:16
Did you try and create a NTFS partition?
– heynnema
Dec 14 '18 at 15:17
Exit out of the installer, drop into "Try Ubuntu" mode (it happens when you exit the installer). Rungparted, then go to View > Device Information. A new panel on the left will show up. What does it say for "Partition table" in there? MBR or GPT?
– Thomas Ward♦
Dec 14 '18 at 15:49
add a comment |
How did you clear the 200G space that's supposed to be unallocated? Try creating a temporary NTFS partition on it and see what errors may occur.
– heynnema
Dec 14 '18 at 15:14
Partition was created using Windows partition manager
– Tanmay Bhatnagar
Dec 14 '18 at 15:16
Did you try and create a NTFS partition?
– heynnema
Dec 14 '18 at 15:17
Exit out of the installer, drop into "Try Ubuntu" mode (it happens when you exit the installer). Rungparted, then go to View > Device Information. A new panel on the left will show up. What does it say for "Partition table" in there? MBR or GPT?
– Thomas Ward♦
Dec 14 '18 at 15:49
How did you clear the 200G space that's supposed to be unallocated? Try creating a temporary NTFS partition on it and see what errors may occur.
– heynnema
Dec 14 '18 at 15:14
How did you clear the 200G space that's supposed to be unallocated? Try creating a temporary NTFS partition on it and see what errors may occur.
– heynnema
Dec 14 '18 at 15:14
Partition was created using Windows partition manager
– Tanmay Bhatnagar
Dec 14 '18 at 15:16
Partition was created using Windows partition manager
– Tanmay Bhatnagar
Dec 14 '18 at 15:16
Did you try and create a NTFS partition?
– heynnema
Dec 14 '18 at 15:17
Did you try and create a NTFS partition?
– heynnema
Dec 14 '18 at 15:17
Exit out of the installer, drop into "Try Ubuntu" mode (it happens when you exit the installer). Run
gparted, then go to View > Device Information. A new panel on the left will show up. What does it say for "Partition table" in there? MBR or GPT?– Thomas Ward♦
Dec 14 '18 at 15:49
Exit out of the installer, drop into "Try Ubuntu" mode (it happens when you exit the installer). Run
gparted, then go to View > Device Information. A new panel on the left will show up. What does it say for "Partition table" in there? MBR or GPT?– Thomas Ward♦
Dec 14 '18 at 15:49
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With the classic MBR, you cannot allocate more than four primary partitions, in your case, you can only expand or delete sda4 and create an extended partition. In your case, converting sda4 from primary to extended will permit to create any logical partitions that you may require.
answered Dec 14 '18 at 15:26
olivierb2
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You can use GParted if you do not like the terminal, it's the GUI option, where you can see all your partitions and do what you need in a graphical way. It is in the Ubuntu application store
You can format the partition from the terminal.
Entering as super user, in tmp folder,
mkfs is used to format partitions, it will show formatting options
See partition table:
With the command fdisk -l we can see how the partitions are distributed.
We can use the fdisk command and it will list all the disks.
We can also use fdisk / dev / xvd to enter a specific disk.
Remember, the discs are the ones that do not have a number.
Types of Partitions:
There are two types of partition tables:
The traditional one that allows 4 primary partitions and many logical ones (the logical partitions serve as containers for more partitions).
gpt that allows to have many more partitions.
Create partition
We execute fdisk / dev / xvd to enter the disk.
sudo fdisk / dev / sdX
Where "X" is the drive letter (like sda or sdb depending on the drive).
n => Create new Partition (Then create what you need)
t => Specify type (NTFS is 07 , you can take a look at the list with L)
w => Write the changes to disk and exit
Change partition type
We execute fdisk / dev / xvd to enter the disk.
We select the partition number.
We select t
We choose the partition type number.
Save the changes
With w we keep the changes we make, if we leave without saving the configuration we do, it will not be written to the disk.
Then I have to mount the partition:
mount
answered Dec 14 '18 at 15:29
Miguel Espeso
164116
This won't work if they are using an MBR-style partition table
– Thomas Ward♦
Dec 14 '18 at 15:47
add a comment |
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With the classic MBR, you cannot allocate more than four primary partitions, in your case, you can only expand or delete sda4 and create an extended partition. In your case, converting sda4 from primary to extended will permit to create any logical partitions that you may require.
answered Dec 14 '18 at 15:26
olivierb2
1,64489
add a comment |
With the classic MBR, you cannot allocate more than four primary partitions, in your case, you can only expand or delete sda4 and create an extended partition. In your case, converting sda4 from primary to extended will permit to create any logical partitions that you may require.
answered Dec 14 '18 at 15:26
olivierb2
1,64489
add a comment |
With the classic MBR, you cannot allocate more than four primary partitions, in your case, you can only expand or delete sda4 and create an extended partition. In your case, converting sda4 from primary to extended will permit to create any logical partitions that you may require.
answered Dec 14 '18 at 15:26
olivierb2
1,64489
With the classic MBR, you cannot allocate more than four primary partitions, in your case, you can only expand or delete sda4 and create an extended partition. In your case, converting sda4 from primary to extended will permit to create any logical partitions that you may require.
answered Dec 14 '18 at 15:26
olivierb2
1,64489
answered Dec 14 '18 at 15:26
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answered Dec 14 '18 at 15:26
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You can use GParted if you do not like the terminal, it's the GUI option, where you can see all your partitions and do what you need in a graphical way. It is in the Ubuntu application store
You can format the partition from the terminal.
Entering as super user, in tmp folder,
mkfs is used to format partitions, it will show formatting options
See partition table:
With the command fdisk -l we can see how the partitions are distributed.
We can use the fdisk command and it will list all the disks.
We can also use fdisk / dev / xvd to enter a specific disk.
Remember, the discs are the ones that do not have a number.
Types of Partitions:
There are two types of partition tables:
The traditional one that allows 4 primary partitions and many logical ones (the logical partitions serve as containers for more partitions).
gpt that allows to have many more partitions.
Create partition
We execute fdisk / dev / xvd to enter the disk.
sudo fdisk / dev / sdX
Where "X" is the drive letter (like sda or sdb depending on the drive).
n => Create new Partition (Then create what you need)
t => Specify type (NTFS is 07 , you can take a look at the list with L)
w => Write the changes to disk and exit
Change partition type
We execute fdisk / dev / xvd to enter the disk.
We select the partition number.
We select t
We choose the partition type number.
Save the changes
With w we keep the changes we make, if we leave without saving the configuration we do, it will not be written to the disk.
Then I have to mount the partition:
mount
answered Dec 14 '18 at 15:29
Miguel Espeso
164116
This won't work if they are using an MBR-style partition table
– Thomas Ward♦
Dec 14 '18 at 15:47
add a comment |
You can use GParted if you do not like the terminal, it's the GUI option, where you can see all your partitions and do what you need in a graphical way. It is in the Ubuntu application store
You can format the partition from the terminal.
Entering as super user, in tmp folder,
mkfs is used to format partitions, it will show formatting options
See partition table:
With the command fdisk -l we can see how the partitions are distributed.
We can use the fdisk command and it will list all the disks.
We can also use fdisk / dev / xvd to enter a specific disk.
Remember, the discs are the ones that do not have a number.
Types of Partitions:
There are two types of partition tables:
The traditional one that allows 4 primary partitions and many logical ones (the logical partitions serve as containers for more partitions).
gpt that allows to have many more partitions.
Create partition
We execute fdisk / dev / xvd to enter the disk.
sudo fdisk / dev / sdX
Where "X" is the drive letter (like sda or sdb depending on the drive).
n => Create new Partition (Then create what you need)
t => Specify type (NTFS is 07 , you can take a look at the list with L)
w => Write the changes to disk and exit
Change partition type
We execute fdisk / dev / xvd to enter the disk.
We select the partition number.
We select t
We choose the partition type number.
Save the changes
With w we keep the changes we make, if we leave without saving the configuration we do, it will not be written to the disk.
Then I have to mount the partition:
mount
answered Dec 14 '18 at 15:29
Miguel Espeso
164116
This won't work if they are using an MBR-style partition table
– Thomas Ward♦
Dec 14 '18 at 15:47
add a comment |
You can use GParted if you do not like the terminal, it's the GUI option, where you can see all your partitions and do what you need in a graphical way. It is in the Ubuntu application store
You can format the partition from the terminal.
Entering as super user, in tmp folder,
mkfs is used to format partitions, it will show formatting options
See partition table:
With the command fdisk -l we can see how the partitions are distributed.
We can use the fdisk command and it will list all the disks.
We can also use fdisk / dev / xvd to enter a specific disk.
Remember, the discs are the ones that do not have a number.
Types of Partitions:
There are two types of partition tables:
The traditional one that allows 4 primary partitions and many logical ones (the logical partitions serve as containers for more partitions).
gpt that allows to have many more partitions.
Create partition
We execute fdisk / dev / xvd to enter the disk.
sudo fdisk / dev / sdX
Where "X" is the drive letter (like sda or sdb depending on the drive).
n => Create new Partition (Then create what you need)
t => Specify type (NTFS is 07 , you can take a look at the list with L)
w => Write the changes to disk and exit
Change partition type
We execute fdisk / dev / xvd to enter the disk.
We select the partition number.
We select t
We choose the partition type number.
Save the changes
With w we keep the changes we make, if we leave without saving the configuration we do, it will not be written to the disk.
Then I have to mount the partition:
mount
answered Dec 14 '18 at 15:29
Miguel Espeso
164116
You can use GParted if you do not like the terminal, it's the GUI option, where you can see all your partitions and do what you need in a graphical way. It is in the Ubuntu application store
You can format the partition from the terminal.
Entering as super user, in tmp folder,
mkfs is used to format partitions, it will show formatting options
See partition table:
With the command fdisk -l we can see how the partitions are distributed.
We can use the fdisk command and it will list all the disks.
We can also use fdisk / dev / xvd to enter a specific disk.
Remember, the discs are the ones that do not have a number.
Types of Partitions:
There are two types of partition tables:
The traditional one that allows 4 primary partitions and many logical ones (the logical partitions serve as containers for more partitions).
gpt that allows to have many more partitions.
Create partition
We execute fdisk / dev / xvd to enter the disk.
sudo fdisk / dev / sdX
Where "X" is the drive letter (like sda or sdb depending on the drive).
n => Create new Partition (Then create what you need)
t => Specify type (NTFS is 07 , you can take a look at the list with L)
w => Write the changes to disk and exit
Change partition type
We execute fdisk / dev / xvd to enter the disk.
We select the partition number.
We select t
We choose the partition type number.
Save the changes
With w we keep the changes we make, if we leave without saving the configuration we do, it will not be written to the disk.
Then I have to mount the partition:
mount
answered Dec 14 '18 at 15:29
Miguel Espeso
164116
answered Dec 14 '18 at 15:29
Miguel Espeso
164116
answered Dec 14 '18 at 15:29
Miguel Espeso
164116
answered Dec 14 '18 at 15:29
Miguel Espeso
164116
164116
This won't work if they are using an MBR-style partition table
– Thomas Ward♦
Dec 14 '18 at 15:47
add a comment |
This won't work if they are using an MBR-style partition table
– Thomas Ward♦
Dec 14 '18 at 15:47
This won't work if they are using an MBR-style partition table
– Thomas Ward♦
Dec 14 '18 at 15:47
This won't work if they are using an MBR-style partition table
– Thomas Ward♦
Dec 14 '18 at 15:47
add a comment |
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How did you clear the 200G space that's supposed to be unallocated? Try creating a temporary NTFS partition on it and see what errors may occur.
– heynnema
Dec 14 '18 at 15:14
Partition was created using Windows partition manager
– Tanmay Bhatnagar
Dec 14 '18 at 15:16
Did you try and create a NTFS partition?
– heynnema
Dec 14 '18 at 15:17
Exit out of the installer, drop into "Try Ubuntu" mode (it happens when you exit the installer). Run
gparted, then go to View > Device Information. A new panel on the left will show up. What does it say for "Partition table" in there? MBR or GPT?– Thomas Ward♦
Dec 14 '18 at 15:49