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    True.� However, when the installer got to the point of my telling it
    to go ahead and format the drive it went back to the previous page.<br>
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    Just to check the drive I downloaded the live distribution, burned
    it to a cd and it ran without any problems.� Unfortunately, there
    was no option to install the OS.<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 08/16/2018 02:51 PM, Chris Punches
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      <div dir="ltr">There's a built-in partitioning tool in the
        graphical install wizard<br>
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        <div dir="ltr">On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 2:45 PM Stephen P. Molnar
          &lt;<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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          wrote:<br>
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          .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I'm almost
          embarrassed having to ask this question, but Google doesn't <br>
          seem to be my friend.<br>
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          I want to install Debian Stretch on a new, completely blank,
          SSD. Do I <br>
          have to partition the drive before running the Debian
          installer?� If so, <br>
          any particular choice of partitions?<br>
          <br>
          As I said, I'm rather embarrassed, but I really don't know the
          answer.<br>
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          Thanks in advance.<br>
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          -- <br>
          Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D.<br>
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    <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- 
Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D.
Consultant
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