Prepare your system for installing a Linux distribution.
Prepare your system for installing a Linux distribution.
Hello everyone, many have mentioned Linux has improved since my last desktop try, so I decided to give it another shot. I mainly play games, so after checking with Nobara, he seems like a popular gaming-focused distro. He provided instructions for flashing the drive, and I reached the installation wizard. My main problem is with the disk—I have several drives on my PC but emptied one to use as the target. When I first pick it, partitions appear, but usually after installing Windows I just delete all partitions and rely on empty space. However, the next option stays hidden, and I’m unsure how to enable it. I attempted to create a new partition from that empty area, but it remains disabled. I don’t have any guidance for Nobara, and I’ve become a bit frustrated trying different settings. I’m hoping someone can help. My NVMe main drive (Windows) is GPT-formatted and offers more options—could this be the reason? But I didn’t want to mess things up further. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Disk erasure appears only in the drive window location mentioned, not in the target drive where Linux installation is planned. As noted earlier, the latest image lists only "manual partitioning" as an available option for that specific drive.
Turn off all except the drive you wish to install Nobara on. Then use automatic partitioning to set it up, and reconnect the remaining drives. Alternatively, search for guides on manually partitioning a Linux drive—many tutorials explain the steps clearly.
Ah my bad, I couldn't quite tell the sequence of events. Check this document, it's not exactly what you are doing, but I think you need to click ON the partition graph (which I see how that's not obvious). https://nobaraproject.org/docs/live-inst...ame-drive/
I haven’t come across the distribution you’re looking for before. As someone who’s used Linux for a long time, I usually pick the manual installation method. I tend to leave other drives unplugged because most distros can auto-detect and add them to the boot menu safely (as long as you don’t choose something confusing). Pick your drive, install the bootloader there too. Typically I just add two partitions—one for the bootloader and one for the main system. Swap usage is rare. The EFI partition is usually set to 512 MB, while the rest of the drive holds the remaining space.
It could be useful to switch to a GPT format using Disks or KDE Partition Manager and check if Nobara identifies the drive correctly. This setup runs on Fedora with some quality enhancements and gaming-oriented tweaks. It should still work for Windows later, though you can force it to search if needed. I generally avoid disconnecting devices, but there were instances where secondary drives caused problems.