I'm new at using linux, so sorry if I make a mistake in something
With the information provided there is little we can do. We would need to know what kind of installer you use, the method of installation chosen to do the install, whether you are doing a manual partitioning of the disk, does that disk show up in that or any other screen and you just cannot select it, those type of details would help. Also the output of the command sudo fdisk -l would be handy to see so we can get idea of how the system sees the drives it tries to install too. If the Debian install disk is not of the live usb type then get one that does and allows you to post here so we can see that output. Ah details of the machine would be nice as well.
Edit: A sudo dmesg output would do nicely too to get an idea of how the disk is detected during boot. Use the code tags for the output posted as it makes reading it on the site much easier with it formatting it does.
I'm attempting to install Debian 12 using a complete installation image:
- I've tried both the graphical installer and the text-based installer, but the result was the same.
- I'm attempting manual partitioning to avoid accidentally erasing existing data.
- In the manual partitioning menu, I only see one 1TB partition. However, Windows Disk Manager shows a ~755GB partition and ~180GB of free space.
- My computer specifications:
GPU: NVIDIA GTX 1660
RAM: 16GB (2x8GB)
Storage: SSD (256GB) and HDD(1TB)
I have an old laptop hard drive with Linux installed, which I used to run the commands.
the fdisk command gave me this:
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Disk /dev/nvme0n1: 238.47 GiB, 256060514304 bytes, 500118192 sectorsDisk model: Lexar SSD NM620 256GB Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytesSector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytesI/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytesDisklabel type: gptDisk identifier: B8910508-99CF-4403-9DA9-7D290F8B6C39Device Start End Sectors Size Type/dev/nvme0n1p1 2048 206847 204800 100M EFI System/dev/nvme0n1p2 206848 239615 32768 16M Microsoft reserved/dev/nvme0n1p3 239616 498515967 498276352 237.6G Microsoft basic data/dev/nvme0n1p4 498515968 500115455 1599488 781M Windows recovery environmentDisk /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.Disk /dev/sdb: 298.09 GiB, 320072933376 bytes, 625142448 sectorsDisk model: WDC WD3200BPVT-0Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytesSector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytesI/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytesDisklabel type: dosDisk identifier: 0x69a3e4bfDevice Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type/dev/sdb1 * 2048 623140863 623138816 297.1G 83 Linux/dev/sdb2 623142910 625141759 1998850 976M 5 Extended/dev/sdb5 623142912 625141759 1998848 976M 82 Linux swap / SolarisPartition 2 does not start on physical sector boundary.Disk /dev/sdc: 7.47 GiB, 8022654976 bytes, 15669248 sectorsDisk model: STORE N GO Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytesSector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytesI/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytesDisklabel type: dosDisk identifier: 0x140804b3Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type/dev/sdc1 * 0 1292287 1292288 631M 0 Empty/dev/sdc2 4524 23499 18976 9.3M ef EFI (FAT-12/16/32)Code:
[ 1.271947] nvme nvme0: 8/0/0 default/read/poll queues[ 1.273776] nvme0n1: p1 p2 p3 p4[ 1.276361] ahci 0000:02:00.1: version 3.0[ 1.276485] ahci 0000:02:00.1: SSS flag set, parallel bus scan disabled[ 1.276523] ahci 0000:02:00.1: AHCI 0001.0301 32 slots 8 ports 6 Gbps 0x33 impl SATA mode[ 1.276528] ahci 0000:02:00.1: flags: 64bit ncq sntf stag pm led clo only pmp pio slum part sxs deso sadm sds apst [ 1.277668] scsi host0: ahci[ 1.277895] scsi host1: ahci[ 1.278042] scsi host2: ahci[ 1.278189] scsi host3: ahci[ 1.278320] scsi host4: ahci[ 1.278476] scsi host5: ahci[ 1.278610] scsi host6: ahci[ 1.278748] scsi host7: ahci[ 1.278828] ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m131072@0xf7680000 port 0xf7680100 irq 67[ 1.278832] ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m131072@0xf7680000 port 0xf7680180 irq 67[ 1.278834] ata3: DUMMY[ 1.278836] ata4: DUMMY[ 1.278838] ata5: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m131072@0xf7680000 port 0xf7680300 irq 67[ 1.278841] ata6: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m131072@0xf7680000 port 0xf7680380 irq 67[ 1.278843] ata7: DUMMY[ 1.278844] ata8: DUMMY[ 1.278988] ahci 0000:09:00.2: AHCI 0001.0301 32 slots 1 ports 6 Gbps 0x1 impl SATA mode[ 1.278992] ahci 0000:09:00.2: flags: 64bit ncq sntf ilck pm led clo only pmp fbs pio slum part [ 1.279194] scsi host8: ahci[ 1.279257] ata9: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m4096@0xf7708000 port 0xf7708100 irq 69[ 1.280067] tsc: Refined TSC clocksource calibration: 3406.457 MHz[ 1.280078] clocksource: tsc: mask: 0xffffffffffffffff max_cycles: 0x311a224a821, max_idle_ns: 440795278226 ns...[ 2.064457] ata2: SATA link up 6.0 Gbps (SStatus 133 SControl 300)[ 2.065001] ata2.00: ATA-10: WDC WD10EZEX-00WN4A0, 01.01A01, max UDMA/133[ 2.065930] ata2.00: 1953525168 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 32), AA[ 2.065933] ata2.00: Features: NCQ-prio[ 2.067424] ata2.00: configured for UDMA/133[ 2.067797] scsi 1:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA WDC WD10EZEX-00W 1A01 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5...[ 2.381594] ata5: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 330)[ 2.856377] ata6: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)[ 2.858276] ata6.00: ATA-8: WDC WD3200BPVT-00HXZT3, 01.01A01, max UDMA/133[ 2.858816] ata6.00: 625142448 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 32), AA[ 2.861019] ata6.00: configured for UDMA/133[ 2.861319] scsi 5:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA WDC WD3200BPVT-0 1A01 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5[ 2.864439] usbcore: registered new interface driver uas[ 2.867773] sd 5:0:0:0: [sda] 625142448 512-byte logical blocks: (320 GB/298 GiB)[ 2.867771] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] 1953525168 512-byte logical blocks: (1.00 TB/932 GiB)[ 2.867777] sd 5:0:0:0: [sda] 4096-byte physical blocks[ 2.867775] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] 4096-byte physical blocks[ 2.867799] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off[ 2.867797] sd 5:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off[ 2.867800] sd 5:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00[ 2.867802] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00[ 2.867837] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA[ 2.867844] sd 5:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA[ 2.867891] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Preferred minimum I/O size 4096 bytes[ 2.867906] sd 5:0:0:0: [sda] Preferred minimum I/O size 4096 bytes[ 2.918439] sdb: sdb1 sdb2 sdb3[ 2.918621] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk[ 2.922817] sda: sda1 sda2 < sda5 >[ 2.923058] sd 5:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk...[ 3.665410] scsi 9:0:0:0: Direct-Access Verbatim STORE N GO 1100 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS[ 3.666672] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdc] 15669248 512-byte logical blocks: (8.02 GB/7.47 GiB)[ 3.667369] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off[ 3.667371] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 43 00 00 00[ 3.668082] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdc] No Caching mode page found[ 3.668086] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through[ 3.671606] sdc: sdc1 sdc2[ 3.671764] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable diskStatistics: Posted by Halfheim — 2024-07-04 04:12