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

[Barmann]

On 08/08/2016 04:13 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> 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
> I can get past the Grub error and the Ubuntu and Kubntu will load partway and then I will gt text errors ending with
(initramfs) Unable to find a medium containing a live file system
Thaanks
Dick

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