New bug to report:
I wanted to set up a new LL7-RC1 test box and do a dual boot on a LL6.6 box I run as a media server (Gerbera). The machine is a Dell 5050 i5-7500, 8Gb RAM w/ a 1Tb NVMe primary drive and an 8Tb 3.5" as a data drive. I've been running this machine for quite awhile as a secondary media server and no issues with it. I chose the Direct install of LL7 from the loader menu (As opposed to live mode) and everything progressed along normally until I got to the "Where to install" screen. I chose "Alongside Linux Lite 6.6" but then the installer wouldn't give me the option to install on the NVMe drive; it only showed the 8Tb data drive as an option.
I closed out and the system dropped to Live desktop mode so I tried again from the "Install Linux Lite Now" shortcut on the desktop. It lead me to the same impasse as the direct install - it didn't recognize / or show the 1Tb NVMe drive. It was basically forcing me to install on the 8Tb secondary drive.
I then ran the test again using Xubuntu 24.04, since it's the same base OS as LL7, and it did not have the problem. The NVMe showed up fine that time and I could have partitioned 500Mb for each OS or whatever I wanted to do.
That's definitely a substantial bug. Any ideas on what could be causing it?
Maybe I'll try the test again and unplug the data cable from the 8Tb drive and see what happens that way.
*Update:
It worked fine installing a dual-boot (6.6 and 7) install w/ the 2nd drive unplugged. The LL7 OS shows up as "Ubuntu" in the Grub bootloader menu though. The other OS shows up as "Linux Lite 6.6".
Also, I tried the same thing on another machine I've got (Debian 12.5 and a 2Tb secondary drive) and it had the same issue as on the first PC when trying to setup as dual-boot - It would only show me the secondary drive as an option to install the OS. This machine is a lot older than the first one (c.2009). 1st Gen i7 920 processor,
I wanted to set up a new LL7-RC1 test box and do a dual boot on a LL6.6 box I run as a media server (Gerbera). The machine is a Dell 5050 i5-7500, 8Gb RAM w/ a 1Tb NVMe primary drive and an 8Tb 3.5" as a data drive. I've been running this machine for quite awhile as a secondary media server and no issues with it. I chose the Direct install of LL7 from the loader menu (As opposed to live mode) and everything progressed along normally until I got to the "Where to install" screen. I chose "Alongside Linux Lite 6.6" but then the installer wouldn't give me the option to install on the NVMe drive; it only showed the 8Tb data drive as an option.
I closed out and the system dropped to Live desktop mode so I tried again from the "Install Linux Lite Now" shortcut on the desktop. It lead me to the same impasse as the direct install - it didn't recognize / or show the 1Tb NVMe drive. It was basically forcing me to install on the 8Tb secondary drive.
I then ran the test again using Xubuntu 24.04, since it's the same base OS as LL7, and it did not have the problem. The NVMe showed up fine that time and I could have partitioned 500Mb for each OS or whatever I wanted to do.
That's definitely a substantial bug. Any ideas on what could be causing it?
Maybe I'll try the test again and unplug the data cable from the 8Tb drive and see what happens that way.
*Update:
It worked fine installing a dual-boot (6.6 and 7) install w/ the 2nd drive unplugged. The LL7 OS shows up as "Ubuntu" in the Grub bootloader menu though. The other OS shows up as "Linux Lite 6.6".
Also, I tried the same thing on another machine I've got (Debian 12.5 and a 2Tb secondary drive) and it had the same issue as on the first PC when trying to setup as dual-boot - It would only show me the secondary drive as an option to install the OS. This machine is a lot older than the first one (c.2009). 1st Gen i7 920 processor,