[Bug 1194626] [NEW] Installation of Kubuntu 13.04 from CD fails (ubiquity / partman error 141)

[Matthew Carpenter]

Public bug reported:

I'm installing Kubuntu 13.04 on an HP ENVY h8 system with UEFI and an existing Windows 8 partition.
When attempting to install, before being able to see the partitioning choices, I receive a "ubi-partman failed with exit code 141.

Is ubi-partman not able to handle GPT partition tables?

Similar failure attempts:
* Booting in UEFI mode from DVD with the original drive attached and no other.  Drive partitioned straight from mfg.
* Booting in Legacy mode from DVD with the original drive attached and no other.  Drive partitioned straight from mfg.
* Booting in UEFI mode from DVD with the original drive attached and no other.  NTFS drive resized with ntfsresize and gparted
* Booting in Legacy mode from DVD with the original drive attached and no other.  NTFS drive resized with ntfsresize and gparted and an ext3/4 partition created all ready to go...


Successes:
* If I have a USB Thumbdrive inserted, that shows up as a target (the main drive does not show up in partman)
* If I installed a second drive without Windows (I disconnected the old drive first, but perhaps did not need to)
These efforts both completed a successful and usable installation.

It seems that ubi-partman cannot handle GUID Partition Tables (GPT) or
Windows 8 installations.  Booting in legacy mode doesn't seem to make a
difference.  If the drive has Windows 8/UEFI/GPT on it, ubi-partman does
not know what to do with it.

I will include some logs from one of the failed efforts.


This could be a duplicate of 354515 and/or 1179086 (or others) but because the information is inconclusive and many of the apparent matches have been resolved.

** Affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  Installation of Kubuntu 13.04 from CD fails (ubiquity / partman error
  141)

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I'm installing Kubuntu 13.04 on an HP ENVY h8 system with UEFI and an existing Windows 8 partition.
  When attempting to install, before being able to see the partitioning choices, I receive a "ubi-partman failed with exit code 141.

  Is ubi-partman not able to handle GPT partition tables?

  Similar failure attempts:
  * Booting in UEFI mode from DVD with the original drive attached and no other.  Drive partitioned straight from mfg.
  * Booting in Legacy mode from DVD with the original drive attached and no other.  Drive partitioned straight from mfg.
  * Booting in UEFI mode from DVD with the original drive attached and no other.  NTFS drive resized with ntfsresize and gparted
  * Booting in Legacy mode from DVD with the original drive attached and no other.  NTFS drive resized with ntfsresize and gparted and an ext3/4 partition created all ready to go...

  
  Successes:
  * If I have a USB Thumbdrive inserted, that shows up as a target (the main drive does not show up in partman)
  * If I installed a second drive without Windows (I disconnected the old drive first, but perhaps did not need to)
  These efforts both completed a successful and usable installation.

  It seems that ubi-partman cannot handle GUID Partition Tables (GPT) or
  Windows 8 installations.  Booting in legacy mode doesn't seem to make
  a difference.  If the drive has Windows 8/UEFI/GPT on it, ubi-partman
  does not know what to do with it.

  I will include some logs from one of the failed efforts.

  
  This could be a duplicate of 354515 and/or 1179086 (or others) but because the information is inconclusive and many of the apparent matches have been resolved.

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