Ok. I burned the standard download, which was also an iso and had the same name and size as the previous download. Then I edited the grub config file on the USB to add nomodeset to the Install Unix menu item.
I got a grub menu, booted from the USB and was in a GUI which had an Install Ubuntu option. Have clicked that and am currently waiting for Installation Type to analyse the disk.
Isn’t this enthralling ? Anyone want to take bets on where I f—- it up next ?
The installer found mounted partitions on sdvc and sdvd. Those appear to be my 256 Gb SSD with Windows and the USB stick. I got a message asking if I wanted to unmount those partitions and saying I wouldn’t be able to create or resize partitions on those disks unless they were unmounted.
Initially I said No, because I’m a scaredy cat. Eventually I was unable to create new partitions on the SSD, just like I had been warned.
This time I have said Yes …
Why can’t computers just do what I want, rather than what I tell them ?
DIdnt work. Installer still doesn’t see the free space on the SSD.
It does see the FAT32 Windows partition. I’ll boot back to Windows and expand the Windows partition to the whole disk again and see if it can create Linux partitions from that.
It takes about a half hour for the Installer to get to this point, so slow progress.
Edit: FAT32 wasn’t the Windows partition. It’s the Roon backup USB stick. I’ve formatted the free space as NTFS. Waiting to see if it shows up.
It’s a constant surprise that Linux hasn’t taken over the desktop 
The partition table that comes up on the Installation type screed shows the following devices:
/dev/nvme0n1
This is my system SSD. It has a Windows partition and now an NTFS partition for remaining space. But those partitions are not shown, just the device as above. If I double click on it or select New Partition Table it warns me that I have selected an entire device to partition and if I proceed I will lose the existing partitions.
The other devices on this screen are:
sda - 6TB Music storage HDD, NTFS
sdb - 1TB Music storage SSD, NTFS
sdc - Roon Backup USB stick, FAT32
sdd - Ubuntu USB stick, NTFS.
I don’t want to lose my Windows partition. Any ideas ?
I’ve turned off Secure Boot in the UEFI, so I don’t know why the Ubuntu installer can’t see my Windows partition.
Yes, but I’ll go triple check it now.
No dramas. Are you following the guides I linked or a diff guide?
Or winging it?
I would be following those guides, but for the assembled obstacles. Somehow I always manage to be a special case.
Another option (and not just because you’ve hit a speed bump with the partitioning) is to get an additional SSD and keep Win10 and Linux on separate drives. Just for peace of mind that your Win10 will be in tact.
A 64gb SSD should do and they’re cheap !
Get in to Scorptec before they and similar shops potentially close doors for 6 weeks!
That’s a good idea. Thanks a lot. I think I’ve only got a single NVME slot, but I should be able to hook up another 2 1/2 inch SATA SSD.
Secure Boot is def off.
Hmmm. Maybe SATA or NVMe is set to Raid rather than AHCI as per this article about fourth answer.
Listening to music now. But I’ll check before going to bed.
Edit: SATA is set to AHCI and there is no similar setting for NVMe. I notice in System Information however that the SSD has both an MBR and a GUID Partition Table. One of the answers in the article linked above solved the issue by deleting the GPT. That sounds a bit scary, I’m becoming more attracted to a separate SSD.
If you go down the separate drive path here’s a couple dirt cheap options:
https://www.scorptec.com.au/product/Hard-Drives-&-SSDs/SSD-2.5-&-PCI-Express/70810-WDS120G2G0A
https://www.scorptec.com.au/product/Hard-Drives-&-SSDs/SSD-2.5-&-PCI-Express/73991-CT120BX500SSD1
Thanks Sean, I’ve ordered the 120GB Crucial. I’d rather have a separate SSD than mess about with boot records and partition tables.
Somehow I seemed to have angered Baron Samedi, the god of computing. Best not to take chances. I may have to leave him an offering of cigars, spiced rum and grilled peanuts.
Hi Sean and Daniel,
After too much faffing about over boot stuff and somewhat to my own surprise I am now at the point where I can choose to boot into Windows 10 (Nvme) or Ubuntu Desktop 14.4.5 (120 GB SATA).
I’ve created partitions for Root (30 GB), Swap (16 GB) and the rest is Home.
I think I’ll stick to HQP Desktop (Linux) for the moment. I might look at Embedded down the road.
So is Jussi’s low latency kernel next ?
Congrats Andy ! I stumbled into getting it working too.
I’ve never installed and used Desktop for Linux.
I’m not using Jussi’s low latency kernel, I used:
sudo apt install linux-lowlatency-hwe-18.04
We are now at the stage where we can include the great man himself for some advice @jussi_laako
Maybe I’m not doing things the best way, so I’d rather check with the Guru.
Btw why not Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS (Bionic Beaver) for Desktop ?
I think I got the number wrong. It is indeed Bionic Beaver.
This extract from the guide linked in my first post seems to be how to install Jussi’s kernel. I’ll give it a shot tonight:
In case you are interested in installing Jussi’s custom kernel’s download the latest linux-header and linux-image files from respective location:
• Debian Stretch - http://www.sonarnerd.net/src/stretch/
• Ubuntu Bionic - http://www.sonarnerd.net/src/bionic/
[Debian]
wget http://www.sonarnerd.net/src/stretch/linux-image-4.9.131-jl+_10_amd64.deb
wget http://www.sonarnerd.net/src/stretch/linux-headers-4.9.131-jl+_10_amd64.deb
dpkg -i linux-headers-4.9.131-jl+_10_amd64.deb
dpkg -i linux-image-4.9.131-jl+_10_amd64.deb
[Ubuntu]
wget http://www.sonarnerd.net/src/bionic/linux-image-4.14.71-jl+_1_amd64.deb
wget http://www.sonarnerd.net/src/bionic/linux-headers-4.14.71-jl+_1_amd64.deb
dpkg -i linux-headers-4.14.71-jl+_1_amd64.deb
dpkg -i linux-image-4.14.71-jl+_1_amd64.deb
I suspect the references to .deb in the Ubuntu lines may be typos but will check Jussi’s site.
The .deb files are Debian package files, Ubuntu uses them as well. Am regretting stumbling onto this thread as I now want a low latency kernel as well…
