Most installers I've seen (usually Ubuntu derived) offer a "use available free space option", hence my comment.
Partitioning is the most dangerous point for newbies when installing, IMO. So you can't be careful enough.
No, it goes straight into ncurses. That's what I meant.
I do not. 
Next step I'll try to install on an SSD (remember that 1Tb one) using the whole disk, over USB. See where the installer leads me. 
