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I recently bought a Dell Poweredge r610, and I created a bootable USB stick for Ubuntu Server. It was bought used, and I do not know if someone had already installed some other OS on it.

When I started setting it up, it worked fine. After I selected Use the Entire Disk, it showed the screen to pick a disk. None showed up. The drive is a 500GB SATA Seagate Barracuda installed in Slot 1. A little light on the side is green, although I may not have installed it right.

I don't know what other posts mean by using things like the Terminal, since there's no option for that.

Zanna
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redwolf10105
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  • These might be helpful: [InstallingANewHardDrive](https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InstallingANewHardDrive) --> note: Drives that are going to be used only under Ubuntu should be formatted using the ext3/ext4 file system..; and [How do I install Ubuntu?](https://askubuntu.com/questions/6328/how-do-i-install-ubuntu) and [Ubuntu Community Installation Guide](https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation). – Brendan Darrer Nov 14 '18 at 02:58
  • To use terminal, type "terminal" in the ubuntu search icon and select. Then you can follow commands in the links above. – Brendan Darrer Nov 14 '18 at 03:07
  • @BrendanDarrer I'm installing Ubuntu Server, there's no search bar in the installation screen as far as I can tell. – redwolf10105 Nov 14 '18 at 03:53
  • Can you get it from the USB ubuntu drive, when you first start the install? – Brendan Darrer Nov 14 '18 at 04:31
  • If you have installed ubuntu already, then try and boot it from the USB installation stick, and enter ubuntu from there. Then you can use `terminal` to issue commands. See: [How do I boot from USB?](https://askubuntu.com/questions/347233/how-do-i-boot-from-usb). Remember to go into BIOS to select USB in the boot option first. – Brendan Darrer Nov 14 '18 at 05:27
  • @BrendanDarrer This is during installation – redwolf10105 Nov 14 '18 at 13:20

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Finally, I managed to narrow down the possibilities. When booting, I pressed Ctrl + R to view RAID settings. It turns out the drive had been connected properly, but the system didn't yet know it existed through the PERC 6/i controller.

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