Should i expect GPT partitioning issues with a fresh distro install?

[William96]

I just tried to install the latest version of my distro, but the installer keeps failing when it gets to the disk partitioning step. My drive is using a GUID Partition Table, and I’m wondering if that’s somehow incompatible with the new installer’s automatic layout tool. Has anyone else run into this with a fresh install recently?

[Ava10]

I ran into this last week. The disk uses a GPT table and the installer stalled at the partition step when I left it on auto layout. I switched to manual partitioning and created an EFI partition in FAT32 about 512 megabytes then mounted it as boot efi and made a root partition plus a separate home. After that it installed fine.

[Scarlett_M]

Another user here and a similar issue on a fresh NVMe with GPT. The installer dumped a vague error about disk layout. I checked the USB and the image and it turned out the USB stick was flaky. Swapped to another installer image and it worked.

[Nora_M]

I finally fixed it by wiping the disk then letting the installer recreate the GPT. I used a quick live session to erase the partition table and then started the install again. It found the disk clean and the layout finished without more fuss.

[PaisleyRR]

You might have booted the installer in the wrong mode. I wasted hours when the installer ran in legacy mode on a GPT disk. When I switched to UEFI boot it let me partition correctly. Did you check the boot mode?