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Hi Robert



14/10/2019 15:38:36 +0700
Robert Parker <rlp1938@???>:

> My several attempts at installing this on a desktop amd machine in legacy
> mode do nothing but take me to a grub prompt.
> Examining the result using system-rescue-cd reveal that no useable
> partitions were created during the install.
>
> I have made a new install of xubuntu-18.04.3, partitioned the way I want.
> Email from a successful user of Devuan tells me that he installed his
> Devuan over the top of a Ubuntu system which was partitioned the way he
> wanted it. Is this possible?


I suggest you could create partitions *before* the installing process, using
a "live" tool such is:
https://gparted.org/livecd.php

Then install using these partitions.


> After 10 years of happy use of ubuntu variants, somewhere between systemd
> and the snap software installer garbage, ubuntu has been converted into a
> bigger POS than Windows.


Unfortunately, you are right IMHO

Regards



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