Then I drag the partition all the way to the end to consume all of the unallocated space, then press Apply. Next, I right click the linux-swap partition and choose Resize/Move again. This time ...

So just because there isn't a defined partition won't mean that the drive will use that space. Click to expand... The drive will use any unallocated space for things like garbage collect and write ...

But when I check gparted to create partitions for linux /dev/sda is showing up as fully unallocated. Same with the partitioning tool during the install. I don't want to create a partition on it if ...