On 04/03/15 21:22, Erik Christiansen wrote:
At the first "Installation type" dialogue, the alternatives to "Something else" are to install over or beside the ubuntu distros found on the two old drives. That dialogue does_not_ recognise the presence of the new drive. If it did, I might not be forced down the only other path.
Could I suggest that you disconnect your old disks, and ensure taht the new disk is in SATA1. It's been a while since I had a blank disk, but I thought that the something else appeared as the 3rd option (after take over disk or use blank space); but my memory may be corrupted by several different installs on VBox since. If your not wedded to Ubuntu, why not try Mint. The current version is based on Ubuntu LTS, with some updates. I don't want to start a war with this, but I have found Mint a little more user friendly (says he who has just install Debian testing on my laptop, primarily because I am tired of the upgrade process needed with Ubuntu and its clones.) All the best -- Keith Bainbridge keithrbau@gmail.com +61 (0)447 667 468