failed storage configuration at install of ubuntu-22.04-server
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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subiquity |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
ubiquity (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
when booting a new VM using the ubuntu-
After formatting all devices and specifying mount points, the system does not allow me to move on, saying "To continue you need to: Select a boot disk
However there is nothing I can do to select one! (the option to "Use As Boot Device" is greyed out).
If I start again fresh and choose the first disk (/dev/sda) and instead of "Format" I go for "Use As Boot Device", the system (again) does not allow me to move on, saying "To continue you need to: Mount a filesystem at /" (now the option "Stop Using As Boot Device" is greyed out).
Hence, in summary, this is very confusing. It is not clear what the installer expects (e.g. how to do things right), and there are no hints provided.
Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Invalid |
Moreover, if I go to a shell and format the disks, when I go back to the installer, and hit "Reset" the system recognizes the changes, and shows the disks as "already formatted as ext4", with "partition 1 existing", "not mounted", and with a message saying:
"To continue you need to: Mount a filesystem at /
Select a boot disk"
But there is now way to mount at / (option greyed out).
I've been able to work around this by selecting Mount -> Other and ignoring the warning about this being dangerous. Both mounting at / and /var/lib produced these warnings. Mounting at /srv did not.