I'm completely new to Ubuntu , I want to replace windows (that had been crushed while trying to install Ubuntu) but whenever I choose erase windows to install Ubuntu I get this error:
The ext4 file system creation in partition #1 of SCSI1 (0,0,0) (sda) failed.
Just please I need practical steps to solve this issue
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This is an answer I wrote for someone else but it will help you for certain so I am copying it here.
Hello It would be easiest to just start from the beginning so lets do that, okay?
First, boot to your USB or DVD and let Ubuntu start a live session. You will see an icon on the desktop that says Install Ubuntu on your desktop. Launch (click on) it.
When you get to the screen where it asks you if you want to replace an existing install or install next to it or Something Else, choose Something Else.
Now you will see a screen that will let you see the hard drive you want to install to. Make sure you choose the correct drive you want to install ubuntu on! On that screen you will need to first delete any existing partitions so you can start fresh.
Start at the bottom of the listed partitions and right click on each one and choose Delete. After you have done this to all the partitions, click on Apply.
When you have deleted everything your drive will show as completely unallocated space! Sometimes some partitions cannot be deleted right away so delete all you can at first and click Apply, then start over from the bottom until they are all deleted.
Now you want to create the necessary partitions for you to install Ubuntu.
Create the following partitions:
a boot partition
/bootand give it 250 MB of space, chooseext4for the format.a root partition
/rootand give it 15000 MB of space andext4formata swap partition
/swapand give it 4096 MB of space (it will format to swap)a home partition
/homeand give it the rest of the space and format it toext4.Now just finish the install and it will run beautifully.
I figured I'd chime in because I've been reading these forum posts for days now. I realize my case was VERY rare but figured I'd post how I solved it.
I couldn't get Ubuntu 16.04 or Ubuntu 18.04 to create a partition through installation, gpart or fdisk. I played with the bios many times swapping between legacy and EFI changing the error to The efi file system creation in partition #1 of ... failed. I even swapped hard-drives, both of which were new. I tried the above solution to no avail.
As a last resort I changed which port my the drive was plugged into on the mother-board. I realize this isn't most peoples issue, but it was mine. It was difficult to fix as the system detected the drive, it just made it write-protected on that port.
For me,was using RAID Controller From BIOS, To erase Disk By Removing it from Array and Back it as I want. (you will erase your Disk)
When the partitioning screen comes up, it asks me if I want to unmount the partitions, or continue as is. Choose "unmount the partitions". Then, on the next screen, delete each existing partition, and recreate them from scratch. Worked for me after that. I was installing the "server" image btw.
