[21:42] <ralpho-beans> Good afternoon. Trying to install Xubuntu, is there a way to manually configure the partitions during install?
[21:44] <ralpho-beans> The something else option says you can create and resize parts but it doesn't let me make changes
[21:57] <gnrp> ralpho-beans: Yeah, the custom partitioning?
[21:57] <gnrp> I can't tell you the exact words righ tnow
[22:20] <gnrp> ralpho-beans: I checked it right now. It is called "Something else" here... very helpful description, yes^^
[22:21] <gnrp> but that's wha tis coming when it detects a windows alongside
[22:25] <ralpho-beans> Right, problem is grub install is failing, thought if I could add a /boot I could fix that but 'something else' isn't letting me modify/delete/add partitions :0(
[22:26] <tomreyn> ralpho-beans: try partitioning from the live / installer system before you start the installer
[22:26] <ralpho-beans> Is gparted sufficient for that?
[22:27] <ralpho-beans> Looks like the install wants to force a LVM scheme that this machine doesn't support. (Toshiba Satellite M50 from ~2005)
[22:30] <tomreyn> what makes you say it doesn't support this?
[22:31] <tomreyn> Toshiba Satellite M50 had 512 MB RAM installed insitially (though there are several different models). how much does yours have now?
[22:36] <ralpho-beans> I think it's 512, can't check at the moment.
[22:36] <tomreyn> i doubt this would be enough for installing xubuntu
[22:38] <ralpho-beans> Well, I had hoped.
[22:38] <tomreyn> hmm, actually, https://xubuntu.org/requirements/ says 512MB is the absolute minimum.
[22:40] <ralpho-beans> I was hoping to get something on it.
[22:40] <ralpho-beans> And I had used Xubuntu years ago, liked it.
[22:41] <tomreyn> keep trying, i have not found a reason it should not be possible
[22:41] <ralpho-beans> :0) will do
[22:41] <tomreyn> chances are that your 15 year-old hdd is just falling apart, though
[22:42] <tomreyn> which xubuntu were you trying to install there?
[22:46] <tomreyn> i just tried booting the xubuntu 20.04.1 installer with 512MB RAM in a VM, and it ran into a critical error trying to unpack the initrd.
[22:47] <tomreyn> works fine with 1 GB RAM.
[22:49] <tomreyn> that is, the installer would not even boot.
[22:50] <tomreyn> so i assume the 512 MB info is no longer current (it may still apply to 18.04 LTS)
[23:10] <tomreyn> ralpho-beans: fwiw, 1 GB seems to work fine, i just finished the installation, booted to it.
[23:12] <ralpho-beans> BIOs check is counting 1.407MB ram, so that should be ok
[23:18] <Unit193> Yes, last I knew 512M vbox wouldn't even unpack initramfs.  I have a system with 1G of ram though and as long as you don't extensivly use firefox it's fine (but I mainly use it headless.)
[23:20] <ralpho-beans> deleted partitions via GParted, starting install....