Thanks for the reply. I am not an Linux expert. I know enough to be dangerous.
that is at least a first step to be less dangerous, acknowledging we are able to be
Anyway, I have SME 9.2 installed now and I offer these thoughts:
1. My original problem apparently was due to corrupt media. The UEFI and GPT issue can be avoided by changing to legacy boot in the bios.
still frequent issue, could comes from the download, from the iso burning.... did the media test helped in detecting this ?
for the legacy option this is still the best approach yet with linux to avoid headaches, as long as manufacturer offer it.
2. Using a flash drive for installation worked, but the installer made the flash drive the primary boot loader which was no good. Installation from a DVD worked perfectly,
This has been reported multiple times, and few weeks ago I gave it a try and were not able to reproduce. Having a second though I should try a gain, I used old drives to test so there is chance the previous boot loader installation have hidden the issue...
How did you create the flash drive installer ?
3. Not sure why the installer does not allow the user to select what drive to be part of the system instead of grabbing all mounted drives..
the installer for SME9 uses the philosophy : keep it simple.
You can however add some options at boot time :
https://wiki.contribs.org/Booting