I’m trying to install ubuntu 18.04.5 on an old HP Pavilion Vista laptop, using a bootable DVD disk. I can run a live session from this disk, but the hard drive is not detected, so installation is not possible. gparted only finds the optical drive.
Hmm, then there is something wrong with your hardware... This should not happen. What does "dmesg" say? Is there any storage device listed? Or "ls /dev/sd*"?I’m trying to install ubuntu 18.04.5 on an old HP Pavilion Vista laptop, using a bootable DVD disk. I can run a live session from this disk, but the hard drive is not detected, so installation is not possible. gparted only finds the optical drive.