Installing the latest Ubuntu with a blank HDD

[doublea2]

I seem to be having some issues with installing the latest Ubuntu with a blank 1TB HDD. I go through the normal process & I am currently on the Ubuntu test before install mode, now when I try to install Ubuntu I get to the Installation Type area, it shows nothing.. I'm including two screen shots, one of the installation type issue and one with what I have setup in Gparted. I am quite new to installing Linux Distributions and have no real clue as to where to proceed so any help would be greatly appreciated! :) Gparted https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/69039014/Screenshot%20from%202016-05-02%2011-08-33.png Installation Type https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/69039014/Screenshot%20from%202016-05-02%2011-07-46.png Also, when I do not have Gparted open I do see both of the partitions on the Ubuntu sidebar.. Ps. I am trying to install Ubuntu to the HDD, not a USB.

[sudodus]

Welcome to the Ubuntu Forums :-)

Something is wrong. You say it is a 1 TB HDD, but the information in gparted indicates that it is a 2 TB HDD. Which is correct?

I assume that you have nothing of value installed in the system. If the current system is somehow bad, I suggest that you try to get a clean partition table.

A. First try

1. Create a new partition table with gparted. (It will remove all current partitions, file systems and files.)

2. Start the installer and install Ubuntu to the whole drive. This is the easiest way to do it.

B. Next try

If this does not work, it is probably because there is some old data in the drive, that makes the installer confused.

1. Then I suggest that you use mkusb to wipe the first megabyte and install a fresh partition table and file system. See these links

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/mkusb

mkusb/wipe (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/mkusb/wipe)

2. Start the installer and install Ubuntu to the whole drive.

C. More advanced

1. You can create a partition table with gparted before installing Ubuntu. Maybe you want a big data partition, and install Ubuntu to a small part of the drive, maybe 50 GB for the root partition and make a swap partition of 5 GB. Maybe you want partitions for other operating systems.

2. Start the installer, and at the partitioning window, select Something else and select the partitions where you have intended to install Ubuntu's root partition and swap partition.

D. You may or may not need/want to discuss UEFI and GUID partition table, GPT. Is there another operating system in another drive (in the same computer)?

See this link: Installation/FromUSBStick#UEFI (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick#UEFI)

[doublea2]

@sudodus

Thank you for the quick reply but I actually managed to wipe the drive one last time using a usb-boot to gparted, then tried again and was able to to a complete install :D

I also just noticed that my text in the first post apparently got jambaled and looks really bad..
Sorry about that.

[sudodus]

Thanks for sharing your solution and marking this thread as SOLVED :KS