I am new to Ubuntu and Linux in general. I have built a simple computer to try Ubuntu out. I tried to install Ubuntu through a USB flash drive. During the installation I got an error saying:
"Failed to copy files... Possibly an old hard hard drive..."
After restarting my computer the installer says I don't have enough space on my hard drive and I am not able to format it.
Any suggestions?
Not an answer, but a step forward maybe:
I hope that USB flash drive is a "Live CD", if it is, boot it in 'Try it out'-mode and then open a bash/Terminal with e.g. CTRL+ALT+T
In there, at the $ prompt, type
lsblk
The response should look similar to this:
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT sda 8:0 0 232,9G 0 disk ├─sda1 8:1 0 487M 0 part /boot/efi ├─sda2 8:2 0 200,5G 0 part / └─sda3 8:3 0 32G 0 part [SWAP] ... sdg 8:96 1 1,9G 0 disk sr0 11:0 1 1024M 0 rom
edit: added sdg and sr0 above
sdg is how an not yet partitioned device looks. It may have a partition *table* though.
sr0 is a CD/DVD R/W device
With partitions added to the 1.9GB microSD card, in card reader:
sdg 8:96 1 1,9G 0 disk ├─sdg1 8:97 1 1,8G 0 part └─sdg2 8:98 1 99M 0 part
1.9G disk - you need in the range of 6-10G when the install of 14.04 LTS is finished - judging from the content of my /.
You need to use 'gparted' to remove what there is now - while you're at it you will see what gparted says about the disk.
one more edit
sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdg bs=512 count=1
would wipe ALL partition data from the 1.9GB microSD card above. IMPORTAN NOTE If you attempt this - be VERY SURE THAT YOU TYPE WHAT YOU SHOULD - it will wipe the disk you type the name of - which might be something else than the one you intended.
In the end, if it differs from what actually is, and you cannot tweak it to be correct - then the disk is suspect and might be faulty.
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If you can make it work that way, you might try defining the partitions yourself:
Make /swap (4-8G? Depending on your RAM) and /boot (1-2G), the rest for /
