16.04 problems - install, inactive/suspend, hard disk

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Tue, 13 Sep 2016 13:48:10 -0700, rikona wrote:
>I installed the latest AMD BIOS on the MB.

Ok

>Could it be that GUID or UEFI is causing the issues? Also, if I format
>a small disk with this box, will it end up as a GUID and perhaps not
>be readable on an older comp?

Again, you don't need to use the installers partitioner to format the
disk, only assign /home to a partition of the wanted drive.
Partitioning/formatting could be done with e.g. gparted. Simply chose
MBR.