install ubuntu using something else method - Was: Out of Space

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Mon, 8 Aug 2016 21:48:44 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>On Mon, 8 Aug 2016 15:28:46 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
>>So what do I do when, after prepping the disk the way I want it, 
>>partition names assigned and already formatted to ext4, IOW the whole 
>>maryann and the installer still sees it as a terabyte of
>>unpartitioned disk?  Or whatever size the disk is.
>>
>>fdisk can see it ok, along with a whole catalog of other prep tools.
>>But not your installer, why?
>>
>>Seems like a perfectly valid question to me.  I have made that
>>statement several times over this and perhaps 10 other installer
>>related threads previously over the last 7 or 8 years, and its the one
>>question that seems to be very studiously ignored by all.  And I don't
>>feel like we are doing anything more than wasting bandwidth arguing
>>back and forth over it until that question IS answered.
>>
>>I have a new LR drive tire installed on my elderly rider, and I have 
>>grass over a foot tall.  When I next sit down to read the mail,
>>perhaps someone can explain to me what causes this.  But it will be a
>>few hours.  
>
>Hi Gene,
>
>could you install Ubuntu in a virtual machine and take screenshots of
>what is happening?

You don't need to install it, just take screenshots of what you are
doing, until the usage of pre-formatted partitions fails ;).

>You could upload the pics at http://picpaste.com/ and post the links.
>
>Assumed you should do this, follow this instruction:
>
>https://ubuntu-mate.community/t/install-ubuntu-mate-using-something-else-method/651
>
>FWIW virtualbox might not be the best virtualisation, but it's easy to
>use.
>
>Regards,
>Ralf


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