No Partition to Select - Ubuntu 18.04.3 Fresh Install

Question

I'm trying to install Ubuntu 18.04.3 on an old HP Desktop. I already reformatted the hard drive (tried both unallocated and EXT3) and yet haven't been able to select the partition during install. Any and all help is appreciated.

Device specifications

Fresh Install - Partition Selection Screenshot

EDIT: Adding screenshots for gparted and failed installation error message.

gparted Screenshot

Fresh Install Error Message

EXT4 gparted Screenshot

Sorry I didn't post the picture directly - I'm too new to do that ;) — user637933, Dec 09 '19 at 21:00

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 09 '19 at 21:00

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Remove /dev/sda1 partition and create a new ext4 partition.

It is unclear why you selected ext3. Most likely Ubuntu can't be installed on ext3 now because it is obsolete.

answered Dec 09 '19 at 21:00

Pilot6

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I'll try that again, but I've now tried EXT 2/3/4... – user637933 Dec 09 '19 at 21:01
Also check what is the partition table format. If you are using BIOS, then it should be MBR, not GPT. – Pilot6 Dec 09 '19 at 21:03
Try to install now. – Pilot6 Dec 09 '19 at 21:04
Make sure you press Apply before you exit gparted. – Pilot6 Dec 09 '19 at 21:06
Did both, no change, same result. – user637933 Dec 09 '19 at 21:06
You did "new partition table"? And what if you press + in the installation window? – Pilot6 Dec 09 '19 at 21:08
New partition table is greyed out (shown in screenshot) and the + crashes the installer... very odd – user637933 Dec 09 '19 at 21:09
Really odd. Let's wait for someone else. I didn't have this problem before. – Pilot6 Dec 09 '19 at 21:11
Did you click on the change button first? Will also need to choose / for partition. – crip659 Dec 09 '19 at 22:00

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 09 '19 at 23:08

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I installed a dual boot on a newer Dell recently, and I had to change the SATA from IDE to AHCI (or the other way around) in the BIOS before the partitions would show up on the installation screen. Might be the case here.

Why does the Ubuntu installer not detect the hard drive during installation?

answered Dec 09 '19 at 23:08

David B

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Hey David! I actually tried doing this earlier with no luck sadly :/ – user637933 Dec 10 '19 at 03:31

No Partition to Select - Ubuntu 18.04.3 Fresh Install

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