[07:48] <bumboks> Walex2 the drives and/or partitions I see on the screen before
[10:43] <bumboks> Uploaded file: https://uploads.kiwiirc.com/files/9b69a6fea7f1429cd425cc02dd5d3121/Screenshot%20from%202021-06-06%2012-38-45.png
[10:44] <bumboks> I should be seeing SOME text here right?
[13:52] <Walex2> bumboks: I have asked you a different question...
[13:53] <bumboks> Walex2 you have? I only see the "which devices do you expect to be there?" question
[13:53] <Walex2> bumboks: you cannot answer that question wiht a screenshot.
[13:54] <Walex2> bumboks: which has seems no longer there BTW
[13:54] <bumboks> oh, I would expect to see some drives or partitions on that screen
[13:55] <bumboks> want me to upload it again?
[13:55] <Walex2> bumboks: but which ones? Which drives and partitions have put into that system?
[13:55] <bumboks> i have 2 SSDs
[13:55] <bumboks> currently unformatted
[13:55] <bumboks> i have tried formatting them too, didn't help
[13:55] <bumboks> Uploaded file: https://uploads.kiwiirc.com/files/4d9fd6c8e64c2195b647d0e927ea5612/Screenshot%20from%202021-06-06%2012-38-45.png
[13:56] <oerheks> seems like your bios sets those storage as raid.
[13:57] <oerheks> raid 0/1 mirrored.
[13:57] <oerheks> set it to AHCI, and you can do what you want.
[13:58] <bumboks> the first mirror on the list there are 2 HDDs, that's why it's so much larger
[14:01] <Walex2> bumboks: your screenshot is terrible to read, but it paints a curious picture.
[14:01] <bumboks> I mean, it's weird right?
[14:02] <Walex2> bumboks: noter that your HDD MD-RAID is level 0 (striped) rather than 1 (mirrored)
[14:03] <Walex2> it could that some devices are listed in black-on-black even.
[14:03] <bumboks> yes I know, that's is intentional, but I want the SSDs to be mirrored
[14:03] <bumboks> I think that is the case, because I can move up and down the list
[14:03] <Walex2> bumboks: that's crazy.
[14:03] <Walex2> bumboks: not your fault, necessarily, but crazy.
[14:04] <Walex2> bumboks: can you run the installed in "live CD" mode?
[14:04] <Walex2> bumboks: can you run the installer in "live CD" mode?
[14:05] <bumboks> does the server installer have live cd mode? i have run the desktop installer in livecd mode
[14:06] <Walex2> bumboks: the problem I can see is that the VGA BIOS of the target system is running in "dark colors" mode.
[14:07] <Walex2> bumboks: the most obvious thing is to boot into "live CD" mode and use the X-Windows based installer.
[14:07] <Walex2> bumboks: there may be system BIOS setting to change the VGA color palette.
[14:08] <bumboks> okay
[14:08] <Walex2> bumboks: I don't know whethere there is an option to the installer to change its "ncurses" color palette.
[14:09] <Walex2> bumboks: BTW as another thing I usually recommend strongly never to use full disks, but always to create at least one partition.
[14:09] <Walex2> bumboks: in some cases systems can become unbootable if one uses whole disks.
[14:10] <Walex2> bumboks: in any case you can use the desktop installer with a server, the difference is only in the default set of packages.
[14:10] <bumboks> ok thanks
[14:11] <Walex2> bumboks: I usually find it convenient to install a lightweight X environment desktop on servers anyhow, e.g. XFCE, for remote work or wprking at the console. Some people think that is not desirable on servers.
[14:12] <Walex2> bumboks:  I have done some web searches: https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/installation-guide/armhf/ch05s03.html
[14:13] <Walex2> bumboks: note the "DEBIAN_FRONTEND=gtk" boot parameter for the installer
[14:13] <bumboks> alright I will try that, thanks a lot
[14:14] <Walex2> bumboks: also note that "theme=" parameter. Curiously the only non-default option is "theme=dark" but youd may try that too, as it might be a *readable* dark theme.
[14:16] <Walex2> So I would try in order "theme=dark", then "DEBIAN_FRONTEND=gtk", then use the live GUI and click on the installer icon on the desktop.
[14:17] <Walex2> I usually use the live GUI, where I first open a terminal window, do by hand the partitioning that I want done, and then start the installer and in it just assign the prepared block devices to mount points.
[14:18] <Walex2> bumboks: please let us know, because the color scheme that you have screenshotted is really weird.
[14:19] <Walex2> that is which one worked. Ah also looking at the VGA options in the BIOS... Which system is that?
[14:19] <bumboks> is a Gen10 HPE Microserver
[14:20] <Walex2> bumboks: nice box, strange it does black-on-black
[14:20] <Walex2> or dim-gray on black
[14:34] <bumboks> I don't see any VGA options the BIOS other than disabling the Embedded Video Connection
[14:35] <bumboks> so I'll try the other things you suggested
[18:07] <Walex2> bumboks: how did it go?
[18:15] <bumboks> Walex2 I haven't tried them yet. How do I enter those arguments when booting from the iso?
[20:25] <Walex2> bumboks: good question, I can't remember. I think this says "F6": https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootOptions#Changing_the_CD.27s_Default_Boot_Options
[20:25] <Walex2> more precisely: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootOptions#Changing_the_CD_Boot_Option_Configuration_Line
[20:27] <Walex2> bumboks: but also note that "F5" shows an accessility menu with a "high contrast" theme option
[20:28] <Walex2> bumboks: note also this weird story: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootOptions/before--after#Sometimes_the_boot_option_must_be_entered_twice
[20:36] <bumboks> F5 and F6 doesn't seem to do anything? The ISO boots straight to the GRUB menu which I think I'll have to edit 
[20:37] <bumboks> that gives me "unable to initialize frontend: gtk"
[20:39] <bumboks> and the theme=dark doesn't appear to change anything about the colors
[21:09] <Walex2> bumboks: you could try to use the command line installer, which is a bit boring with a lot of prompts.
[21:10] <Walex2> bumboks:  did you try to boot into live GUI mode?
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