Problem with installing LL-only (single boot) to Samsung 850 EVO SSD

[m654321]

If you are only going to boot LL, I would suggest just regular MSDOS partition option, not sure if GPT really gives you anything.?

The only time I have seen that message was on 1 install when for whatever reason the BIOS boot disk order got messed up.

If you are not even seeing the SSD in the BIOS, check the SATA/Power cables.
Also check for a possible BIOS update on the MOBO/PC website.

Your suggestion to use an MSDOS partition table worked - thanks Dave.  I've no Bios-grub partition option now, as I've removed the GPT format so I've simply installed LL with '/' and '/home' partitions.  I've never used a separate /boot partition,  but am assuming this is not necessary, even if, at a later date, I was to add another linux distro to the SSD. 

It's interesting that I'm unable to install LL on its own on a GPT formatted Samsung 850 EVO SSD.  It might be because the laptop concerned is a UEFI one [see laptop type in (1), in sig below).

Interesting, because elsewhere i.e. setup (3) in sig, I installed LL (single boot) without difficulty on a GPT formatted Corsair BX100 SSD, but the laptop involved was not a UEFI one.  So maybe whether the laptop is a modern UEFI type or an older one (without UEFI) is what determines whether a Linux distro can be installed alone (single boot) and reboot successfully on a GPT formatted disk.

The power cables are fine as another Samsung 850 EVO (with a win8.1/LL dual-boot on GPT) shows the 'P0:.....' entry in the boot list in PC settings.

Mike