Ubuntu Installer can't find any HDDs

Question

I recently bought a Dell Poweredge r610, and I created a bootable USB stick for Ubuntu Server. It was bought used, and I do not know if someone had already installed some other OS on it.

When I started setting it up, it worked fine. After I selected Use the Entire Disk, it showed the screen to pick a disk. None showed up. The drive is a 500GB SATA Seagate Barracuda installed in Slot 1. A little light on the side is green, although I may not have installed it right.

I don't know what other posts mean by using things like the Terminal, since there's no option for that.

These might be helpful: InstallingANewHardDrive --> note: Drives that are going to be used only under Ubuntu should be formatted using the ext3/ext4 file system..; and How do I install Ubuntu? and Ubuntu Community Installation Guide. — Brendan Darrer, Nov 14 '18 at 02:58
To use terminal, type "terminal" in the ubuntu search icon and select. Then you can follow commands in the links above. — Brendan Darrer, Nov 14 '18 at 03:07
@BrendanDarrer I'm installing Ubuntu Server, there's no search bar in the installation screen as far as I can tell. — redwolf10105, Nov 14 '18 at 03:53
Can you get it from the USB ubuntu drive, when you first start the install? — Brendan Darrer, Nov 14 '18 at 04:31
If you have installed ubuntu already, then try and boot it from the USB installation stick, and enter ubuntu from there. Then you can use terminal to issue commands. See: How do I boot from USB?. Remember to go into BIOS to select USB in the boot option first. — Brendan Darrer, Nov 14 '18 at 05:27

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 14 '18 at 13:30

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Finally, I managed to narrow down the possibilities. When booting, I pressed Ctrl + R to view RAID settings. It turns out the drive had been connected properly, but the system didn't yet know it existed through the PERC 6/i controller.

answered Nov 14 '18 at 13:30

redwolf10105

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Ubuntu Installer can't find any HDDs

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