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

[Ralf Mardorf]

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 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