I'm trying to swap out my openSUSE Tumbleweed installation with Kubuntu 25.10 on my laptop. I've used the same installation media successfully on another PC, but this one seems to have issues recognizing my drive. In the partition section of the installer, my internal SSD appears twice: one entry shows the name of the drive with only manual partitioning available, while the other is labeled simply as 'system.' When I attempt to erase and install on 'system,' I receive an error stating that it cannot create a new partition table. If I try to create a partition for the other listing, I encounter a crash window from Calamares, indicating a segmentation fault (PID: 3800) without generating crash info. While openSUSE runs perfectly fine, I'm at a loss and considering whether installing Windows might help resolve this.
2 Answers
You might want to look at some installation tips that can help out. It's often a good idea to install while connected to an ethernet cable for reliability. And remember to remove the boot media once the installation is finished! It could also be worth looking into using the manual partitioning option if you're comfortable with that.
It sounds like you might be running into BIOS limitations with the key storage. Make sure to check if Secure Boot and TPM options are disabled in your BIOS. Sometimes the storage space for the keys is limited, especially with older BIOS versions, and you might need to clear them out completely. Try resetting your BIOS to factory settings and see if that helps!
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