[efi on top of legacy] Show a warning that installation will fail if user doesn't create an ESP partition or fallback to grub-pc
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
grub-installer (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
|
High
|
Unassigned | ||
Cosmic |
Invalid
|
High
|
Unassigned | ||
partman-partitioning (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Łukasz Zemczak | ||
Cosmic |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Łukasz Zemczak |
Bug Description
Test Case:
1. On a EFI machine with an existing system installed in BIOS mode (without an ESP partition), boot 18.04.1 (in EFI mode)
2. Select manual partitioning
3. Resize the main partition
4. Allocate the free space to Ubuntu and do not create an ESP partition
5. Proceed with the installation
Result
Grub setup and installation fail.
Given it'll always fail the installer should either display a warning (same message than when a new partition table is created in manual partitioning mode and an ESP partition is not created) or completely forbid the type of setup and prevent the user from confirming the new partitioning scheme if he didn't create an ESP partition.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: ubiquity 18.04.14.6 [modified: lib/partman/
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-29-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.2
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.394
Date: Fri Jul 27 08:57:31 2018
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180725)
SourcePackage: grub-installer
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
description: | updated |
Changed in grub-installer (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | nobody → Łukasz Zemczak (sil2100) |
Changed in grub-installer (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Critical |
summary: |
[efi on top of legacy] Show a warning that installation will fail if - user doesn't create an ESP partition + user doesn't create an ESP partition or fallback to grub-pc |
tags: | added: id-5b75a90adf7d181d4f150b55 |
Changed in grub-installer (Ubuntu Cosmic): | |
importance: | Critical → High |
Changed in grub-installer (Ubuntu Cosmic): | |
status: | Confirmed → In Progress |
Changed in partman-partitioning (Ubuntu Cosmic): | |
status: | New → In Progress |
assignee: | nobody → Łukasz Zemczak (sil2100) |
Changed in grub-installer (Ubuntu Cosmic): | |
status: | In Progress → Invalid |
Changed in partman-partitioning (Ubuntu Cosmic): | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
Changed in grub-installer (Ubuntu Cosmic): | |
assignee: | Łukasz Zemczak (sil2100) → nobody |
summary: |
- [efi on top of legacy] Show a warning that installation will fail if - user doesn't create an ESP partition or fallback to grub-pc + [UIFe] [efi on top of legacy] Show a warning that installation will fail + if user doesn't create an ESP partition or fallback to grub-pc |
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.