I was previously running Windows 7 on my system but due to a "bootable device not found error" in windows 7, I decided to install Ubuntu afresh. I had performed all tests and checks of hard drive, processors etc. using the HP recovery utility - all components passed all checks. So apparently, no hardware issue.
Next, I booted Ubuntu from live USB and as I could access drives using Ubuntu, I backed up my data and deleted all existing partitions using GParted.
Now, it looks like this:Gparted
I have 2 hard drives - sda (see screenshot - 500 GB ) and sdb (28GB with intel rapid start technology - i plan to leave this drive as it is)
sda1 - the boot partition from windows 7. I have not changed this
sda2 - i removed all existing partitions and merged into this. I want to install Ubuntu on this partition.
Now, When I run the Ubuntu Installer it does not detect sda. The installer only shows sdc (the usb flash drive)
Other information: I do not have any option of RAID in my BIOS. My system is running in legacy mode.
sudo fdisk -l detects the drives:
Disk /dev/loop0: 1.9 GiB, 1987817472 bytes, 3882456 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/loop1: 88.5 MiB, 92778496 bytes, 181208 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/loop2: 54.4 MiB, 57069568 bytes, 111464 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/loop3: 42.8 MiB, 44879872 bytes, 87656 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/loop4: 149.9 MiB, 157184000 bytes, 307000 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/loop5: 4 MiB, 4218880 bytes, 8240 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/loop6: 14.8 MiB, 15462400 bytes, 30200 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/loop7: 1008 KiB, 1032192 bytes, 2016 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/sda: 465.8 GiB, 500107862016 bytes, 976773168 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x60e00953
Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/sda1 * 2048 409599 407552 199M 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda2 409600 976773119 976363520 465.6G 83 Linux
Disk /dev/sdb: 29.8 GiB, 32017047552 bytes, 62533296 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x961bffdf
Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/sdb1 2048 8386559 8384512 4G 84 OS/2 hidden or Intel hibernation
Disk /dev/sdc: 7.6 GiB, 8178892800 bytes, 15974400 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x5092863d
Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/sdc1 * 0 4067999 4068000 2G 0 Empty
/dev/sdc2 3989132 3994059 4928 2.4M ef EFI (FAT-12/16/32)
Disk /dev/loop8: 3.7 MiB, 3825664 bytes, 7472 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytesWhat is going wrong here?
1 Answer
Run the Ubuntu installer from your Live USB. Go to the bottom of the installer menu and select "do something else." You should see sda2 from there. Note that in your Gparted output image, you are showing that 8+GB is being used. You can overwrite this, or you can go back and use GParted to put that data in its own partition, and then install Ubuntu in an empty one.
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