[SOLVED] Trying to install KDE Neon from bootable ISO USB stick
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Trying to install KDE Neon from bootable ISO USB stick
The target machine is Microsoft Surface pro-3 with 256GB storage. I have installed on it intially Ubuntu 20.04 and wish to wipe it clean for this install.
Plugged in the bootable USB stick, booted ok, made the country, keyboard etc selections and got to the partition step. I have no idea how to allocate or wht choices to make, tried several things.
I want to use the entire storage, wipe it clean, but it prompts me to select what partitions to create... at the end, it comes up with the following error - see image
Go to BIOS and make sure that you are using UEFI boot and not Legacy/CSM.
1. Download and then burn the ISO image for Gparted to a USB drive: https://gparted.org/
Then boot the laptop from the Gparted drive. Delete all existing partitions and format the main drive as GPT. NB If there is already an existing esp partition (see 2. below), then keep that and delete all the others.
2. Alternatively, create a brand new fat32 esp (efi system partition) partition (sda1 with 500MB), click on Apply. Leave the remainder of the drive as unallocated.
3. ***Next and most importantly, right-click on the fat32 partition > Manage flags > Select boot and esp.
4. Close GParted, shut down the computer, remove the GParted Live media.
5. Use the KDE installer to create the other 3 primary partitions after selecting Something else.
Make sure to select Beginning for the location of each partition.
Highlight the free space and click on Change.
First create sda2:
sda2....formatted (X in the box) as ext4 as the root partition (/)......Size: 25000MiB
Click on OK.
Highlight the free space and click on Change.
sda3.....not formatted (no X in the box) as the swap partition.............Size: 2000MiB.
Click on OK.
Highlight the free space and click on Change.
sda4......formatted (X in the box) as ext4 as the Home partition (/home)......Size: Remainder of drive.
Click on OK.
The error message indicates that you somehow requested installation on a disk named /dev/vgubuntu. That can't work.
Please note, I said at the start - I am trying to install KDE Neon 5.19.4 ... The screens are NOT like the good old Ubuntu. I am attaching 2 screens of the process
1 - the start
2 - after selecting language, timezone, keyboard
On this screen, I select "Erase disk", click next and the program crashes with the message I uploaded initially.
I also tried "Manual" it brings up a list of screens that I have no idea how to go from there.
That machine, has currently Ubuntu 20.04 LTS on it. Is there a way for me to wipe it clean, BEFORE trying to boot from the bootable USB / ISO ?
Go to BIOS and make sure that you are using UEFI boot and not Legacy/CSM.
1. Download and then burn the ISO image for Gparted to a USB drive: https://gparted.org/
Then boot the laptop from the Gparted drive. Delete all existing partitions and format the main drive as GPT. NB If there is already an existing esp partition (see 2. below), then keep that and delete all the others.
2. Alternatively, create a brand new fat32 esp (efi system partition) partition (sda1 with 500MB), click on Apply. Leave the remainder of the drive as unallocated.
3. ***Next and most importantly, right-click on the fat32 partition > Manage flags > Select boot and esp.
4. Close GParted, shut down the computer, remove the GParted Live media.
5. Use the KDE installer to create the other 3 primary partitions after selecting Something else.
Make sure to select Beginning for the location of each partition.
Highlight the free space and click on Change.
First create sda2:
sda2....formatted (X in the box) as ext4 as the root partition (/)......Size: 25000MiB
Click on OK.
Highlight the free space and click on Change.
sda3.....not formatted (no X in the box) as the swap partition.............Size: 2000MiB.
Click on OK.
Highlight the free space and click on Change.
sda4......formatted (X in the box) as ext4 as the Home partition (/home)......Size: Remainder of drive.
Click on OK.
Go to BIOS and make sure that you are using UEFI boot and not Legacy/CSM.
1. Download and then burn the ISO image for Gparted to a USB drive: https://gparted.org/
Then boot the laptop from the Gparted drive. Delete all existing partitions and format the main drive as GPT. NB If there is already an existing esp partition (see 2. below), then keep that and delete all the others.
2. Alternatively, create a brand new fat32 esp (efi system partition) partition (sda1 with 500MB), click on Apply. Leave the remainder of the drive as unallocated.
3. ***Next and most importantly, right-click on the fat32 partition > Manage flags > Select boot and esp.
4. Close GParted, shut down the computer, remove the GParted Live media.
5. Use the KDE installer to create the other 3 primary partitions after selecting Something else.
Make sure to select Beginning for the location of each partition.
Highlight the free space and click on Change.
First create sda2:
sda2....formatted (X in the box) as ext4 as the root partition (/)......Size: 25000MiB
Click on OK.
Highlight the free space and click on Change.
sda3.....not formatted (no X in the box) as the swap partition.............Size: 2000MiB.
Click on OK.
Highlight the free space and click on Change.
sda4......formatted (X in the box) as ext4 as the Home partition (/home)......Size: Remainder of drive.
Click on OK.
Install on sda.
This machine is a Microsoft Surface Pro 3 with only 256GB drive.
Not sure, how to change the instructions for this case
1) This is NOT intended as dual boot machine, no more Windows for me.
2) I was able to install from a bootable USB ISO stick, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
3) Then, I ran in terminal the : sudo apt-get install kde-full
It seems, the USB port on the Surface is "Funny", the same USB boot stick works fine on my desktop Intel-NUC
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