[Bug 592813] Re: Existing bios_grub partition is not reused

[Colin Watson]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 746313 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/746313

This was fixed in natty:

partman-auto (93ubuntu15) natty; urgency=low

  * Add $reusemethod internal specifier, which excludes the partition if a
    partition with the same method already exists.
  * If there is an existing BIOS Boot Partition, reuse it rather than
    creating a new one (LP: #746313).

 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson at ubuntu.com>  Wed, 20 Apr 2011 17:50:59 +0100

** Package changed: partman-partitioning (Ubuntu) => partman-auto
(Ubuntu)

** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 746313
   partman should reuse existing BIOS Boot Partition

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Title:
  Existing bios_grub partition is not reused

Status in “partman-auto” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: partman-partitioning

  ubiquity 2.2.24
  partman-partitioning 72ubuntu4

  I have an existing bios_grub partition on the disk.  Here's the basic
  layout:

  Model: ATA VBOX HARDDISK (scsi)
  Disk /dev/sda: 21.5GB
  Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
  Partition Table: gpt

  Number  Start   End     Size  File system  Name  Flags
   1      17.4kB  17.9kB  512B                     bios_grub

  Now I run through ubiquity and tell it to use the largest continuous
  free space.  It clobbers the bios_grub flag, and makes a new bios_grub
  partition instead that it decides to use:

  Model: ATA VBOX HARDDISK (scsi)
  Disk /dev/sda: 21.5GB
  Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
  Partition Table: gpt

  Number  Start   End     Size    File system     Name  Flags
   1      17.4kB  17.9kB  512B
   2      1049kB  2097kB  1049kB                        bios_grub
   3      2097kB  20.5GB  20.5GB
   4      20.5GB  21.5GB  938MB   linux-swap(v1)

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