I'm new at using linux, so sorry if I make a mistake in something
I'm attempting to install Debian 12 using a complete installation image:
I have an old laptop hard drive with Linux installed, which I used to run the commands.
the fdisk command gave me this:Code:
Disk /dev/sda: 931.51 GiB, 1000204886016 bytes, 1953525168 sectorsDisk model: WDC WD10EZEX-00WUnits: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytesSector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytesI/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytesDisklabel type: gptDisk identifier: 83F57479-BF99-4060-9F06-B3A462A1FD71Device Start End Sectors Size Type/dev/sda1 34 2081 2048 1M Microsoft LDM metadata/dev/sda2 2082 34815 32734 16M Microsoft reserved/dev/sda3 34816 1953525134 1953490319 931.5G Microsoft LDM dataPartition 1 does not start on physical sector boundary.Partition 2 does not start on physical sector boundary.
There is your problem as pbear points out. That 931.5G Microsoft LDM data partition is the only one seen, windows did not really partition the disk it so helpfully created that LDM. Without a real separate partition to install onto you will never get it done. As panpan suggests use a real tool that will do it properly like gparted, make sure you have backed up the data on the disk first nothing is guarenteed to work flawlessly and not cause data loss. And has also been pointed out there is always the Virtualbox to give it a spin without any of this partitioning needed.
Statistics: Posted by RedGreen925 — 2024-07-04 13:33 — Replies 7 — Views 132