Cannot preseed manual partitioning mount points

[Twisted Lincoln, Inc.]

Binary package hint: ubiquity

Normally, when one chooses manual partitioning, Ubiquity presents a disk configuration based on the current configuration. However no mount points are selected by default. We are attempting to preseed an installation that takes advantage of Ubiquity's "preserve home" functionality, where selecting an existing partition as root but not opting to format it will keep the existing home directory intact.

If we could preseed the selection of a root mount point, we could completely automate this process, allowing for reinstalls and upgrades to be preseeded without user interaction.

We're able to preseed the entrie rest of the installer without difficulty, but are stuck at the manual partitioning screen as it won't proceed until a mount point is selected.

[Twisted Lincoln, Inc. (twistedlincoln)]

I'd like to help impliment this feature, if possible. Can anyone point me in the right direction of where to start?

[Twisted Lincoln, Inc. (twistedlincoln)]

Would anyone mind taking a look at this for me? I've spent a few hours digging around Ubiquity's code, but can't seem to find exactly what I need to change to get this working.

[Twisted Lincoln, Inc. (twistedlincoln)]

It's been six months now with no response. Surely someone can at least give me a general idea? Ubiquity has almost no useful documentation that I've found, and I've gotten virtually nowhere with trial and error.

I'd be willing to pay a reasonable bounty to see this feature implemented.

[shiva (shiva-nayak-mdn)]

I can also help with the code changes, please let us know.

-Shiva

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Marcus Tomlinson (marcustomlinson)]

This release of Ubuntu is no longer receiving maintenance updates. If this is still an issue on a maintained version of Ubuntu please let us know.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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