[Bug 1067467] Re: Type of new partition using gpt

Roderick Smith rod.smith at canonical.com
Sat Feb 22 17:09:02 UTC 2014


This bug still exists in the current (2/22/2014) Trusty images. The
presence of a meaningless option is likely to confuse users, or make
more knowledgeable users wonder if the tool is actually using GPT or has
created an MBR partition table by mistake.

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Title:
  Type of new partition using gpt

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Notice: These bug is shown in the installer used in "quantal quetzal"
  only

  During installation with / on an EFI-System "gpt" is used, partition
  table of the installer proposes for the type of partition

   -> primary

   -> logical

  but both buttons are useless and should be suppressed.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
  Package: ubiquity 2.12.11
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5
  Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.328
  Date: Tue Oct 16 17:57:55 2012
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper quiet splash --
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121014)
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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