The creation of swap space in partition #3 of SCSI3 (0,0,0) (sda) failed

[makiawelizmcwelski]

Hi,
I wanted to download linux mint on my old laptop.
When i was on install page, I created 3 partitions:

- "/" root partition with 27 gb assigned
- "/home" home partition with 30 gb assigned
- swap area with 5913 mb assigned

Then I clicked Install now.
I was redirected to the region selection page and then an error popped up:

I am new to Linux and would appreciate your help with this problem.
Thanks

 

[Lord Boltar]

If it is a clean install it is usually best to let the OS partition the drive - I would delete all partitions reformat the drive to ext 4 and then install Mint and let Mint partition the drive

 

[bob466]

When I install Linux Mint, I install the OS to the whole Drive. I don't create partitions anymore and haven't for years. You don't need to create a swap partition any more as Mint will create a swap file of 2GB which is just fine.