Only one disk shows in Xubuntu auto-resize partitioning dialogue
Bug #2045535 reported by
Jane Atkinson
This bug affects 2 people
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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ubiquity (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
The ISO version is Xubuntu Noble 20231204. I tried to report this from the ISO using apport-bug, but it wouldn't play.
When installing on an Acer TravelMate 4740 laptop, I may have a bootable SD card in the slot. If I forget to take this out, the installer wants to install to it and won't let me select the main (500GB) drive. (It is not even a greyed-out option.) As far as I'm aware, no other testcase is doing this.
I would expect the installer to default to the large drive, or at least give me the choice of which drive I want to install to.
If I remove the SD card, the installer finds the larger drive without problems.
I can replicate this on a QEMU/KVM VM. It appears that the USB drive doesn't need to be a bootable drive. The one I tested with is formatted to FAT32 and has some files on it. It is still the only drive showing in the partition dialogue, but ONLY when auto-resize is active.
ISO used: Xubuntu 20231208. Kubuntu installer is also exhibiting this behaviour.