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partman-efi package

Partman should warn about not having an EFI system partition

Bug #1704510 reported by Maxwell Dreytser
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partman-efi (Ubuntu)
Triaged
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Bug Description

When trying to install to an EFI system, partman-efi should have a check.d script to make sure there is an EFI system partition rather than just letting grub-install crash later.

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Maxwell Dreytser (admik) wrote :
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apt-ghetto (apt-ghetto) wrote :

You try to install Ubuntu in EFI mode, but you don not have an EFI-System-Partition.

Changed in grub-installer (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for grub-installer (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in grub-installer (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
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Maxwell Dreytser (admik) wrote :

Well, the real problem is the fact that instead of warning me beforehand, it blows up in my face at the very end.

Changed in grub-installer (Ubuntu):
status: Expired → New
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Phillip Susi (psusi) wrote :

Your disk is currently partitioned to boot in bios mode, but you booted the installer in EFI mode. A warning message prompted you that this could be a problem and recommended performing a bios mode install instead, but you chose not to. You either need to perform the bios mode install, or partition the disk using GPT and set up an EFI system partition to install in EFI mode. This will be done for you if you choose the "use entire disk" guided install option.

Changed in grub-installer (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
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Maxwell Dreytser (admik) wrote :

In custom mode, it should have shown a warning about not having an efi partition.

Changed in grub-installer (Ubuntu):
status: Invalid → New
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apt-ghetto (apt-ghetto) wrote :

The custom mode is for experienced users. And experienced users should know the basics about booting an OS and partitioning.

Changed in grub-installer (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
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Phillip Susi (psusi) wrote :

No apt-ghetto, partman has a number of scripts that try to keep users from making simple mistakes. This particular one is missing or defective ( I seem to recall seeing one in there for this but apparently it isn't working ).

affects: grub-installer (Ubuntu) → partman-efi (Ubuntu)
Changed in partman-efi (Ubuntu):
status: Invalid → New
summary: - Installing GRUB EFI failed on USB3 stick.
+ Partman should warn about not having an EFI system partition
Phillip Susi (psusi)
description: updated
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Simon Quigley (tsimonq2) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We are sorry that we do not always have the capacity to look at all reported bugs in a timely manner. There have been many changes in Ubuntu since that time you reported the bug and your problem may have been fixed with some of the updates. It would help us a lot if you could test it on a currently supported Ubuntu version. If you test it and it is still an issue, kindly upload the updated logs by running only once:
apport-collect 1704510

and any other logs that are relevant for this particular issue.

Changed in partman-efi (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
Phillip Susi (psusi)
Changed in partman-efi (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Triaged
importance: Undecided → Low
Phillip Susi (psusi)
Changed in partman-efi (Ubuntu):
importance: Low → Critical
Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)
tags: added: rls-bb-incoming rls-cc-incoming
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