Hi,
I bought a new machine. A Dell Pro max tower T2. By default it comes with windows 11 PRO. I want to install kabuntu on it. Because I use you’re OS for many years by now. However. When I want to install the OS. I get an error message “There are no partitions to install on” when I run the installer!
Why is Kubuntu not seeing my ssd drives? And what should I do to fix the issue?
First welcome aboard. You mentioned “drives”, how many SSD’s and how are they partitioned? Any actual free space on them?
I will bet the computer is using Intel RST, maybe? This does not support Linux at all, and drives nvme drives are not detected. It is a minor pain to disable in Windows, as well.
But the first thing that you might look at is turning off Windows Fast Restart option, which puts devices into a hibernation-like state, and locks them from being accessed.
hi, welcome.
from the LIVE session using the USB drive, you should be able to open the partition manager from the app menu and get a visual representations of your drives (and what is installed on them).
it’s a good idea to have this mental image of your disk(s) so you know what you are dealing with when you try to install.
also during the install process when it asks you where to install kubuntu, you can choose the “manual” or “other” method to get a similar graphic view using the installer.
from either of these views, you should be able to determine where windows is installed and you may need to delete those partitions first before the installer can make new ones for linux.
Additional information: I want to install kubuntu 26.04 LTS. And I have 2 ssd drives installed on my system.
When i query my disks I get the following output.
kubuntu@kubuntu:~$ fdisk --list
fdisk: cannot open /dev/loop0: Permission denied
fdisk: cannot open /dev/loop1: Permission denied
fdisk: cannot open /dev/loop2: Permission denied
fdisk: cannot open /dev/loop3: Permission denied
fdisk: cannot open /dev/loop4: Permission denied
fdisk: cannot open /dev/loop5: Permission denied
fdisk: cannot open /dev/loop6: Permission denied
fdisk: cannot open /dev/loop7: Permission denied
fdisk: cannot open /dev/sda: Permission denied
fdisk: cannot open /dev/loop8: Permission denied
fdisk: cannot open /dev/loop9: Permission denied
fdisk: cannot open /dev/loop10: Permission denied
No my disks are not encrypted by windows.
yes I freed up 400GB on the main drive. This partition is sitting next to the one running windows. But. This should not be a problem. Since I never run into this this problem in the past. All my previous devices had no problem at all with finding my drives…
Most of the installers just asked me if I want to override or add an additional instillation. But now, Kubuntu does not even see my drives at all. Period.
you may need to go into the firmware and do factory reset of the drives and turn off any windows related settings to make sure the disks are accessible after the firmware hands it over to the flash drive.
I doubt this will fix my issue. Since I never changed any setting in my Basic I/O system. But I will test your suggestion…
The linux kernel has supported Intel RST for decades at this point.
My desktop is up and running again. Thank you community for the quick and spot on replays!
This thread is solved.
You forgot to mark it as solved
Thank you for mentioning that. I was not aware I should do this. It is marked as resolved by now
So I wonder why is this BIOS setting, not enabled by default in the Linux kernel. While my motherboard clearly has RST enabled in my BIOS by default. I assume (it’s dangerous, to assume) that Dell is not the only manufacturer that has RST enabled by default?
I have seen this personally on two Lenovo laptops, and one HP desktop. It has been a few years since the most recent one, maybe 2022? I have not had a prebuilt or new laptop since then. Still not clear why it is/was used on laptops with one drive, but on desktops, it seems to be mainly for Optane usage.
