Re: Debian Bookworm Installation Problem

[Eben King <eben@gmx.us>]

On 3/11/25 10:19, Stephen P. Molnar wrote:
> I have recently put a new computer into service. It is a Dell Vostro
> 3910 running Windows 11. In addition to the C:\ drive , I have a 2TB SSD
> for Linux which the OS found as the D:\ drive.
>
> The installation went as I have come to expect, until it got to
> formatting the drive. I was presented with a long list of type of
> partition. I tried gpt and started going around in circles. When asked
> if that was my choice i selected 'Yes' and was presented with the list
> of possible partitions again. At this point I aborted the installation.

I had a bunch of problems getting the installer to make or keep a GPT
partition table for my last install (12 / Bookworm) too.  I think I
solved it by making the GPT partition table with fdisk, then doing
manual partitioning.  Still got it subtly wrong because the computer
doesn't boot using UEFI, but at least I'm not subject to MBR's limitations.