[Bug 1668148] Re: Ubuntu live CD installer crashed

[Phillip Susi]

I could have sworn there was already a bug about the poorly worded
message, but can't find it now, so I'll reassign this one.


** Package changed: grub-installer (Ubuntu) => partman-efi (Ubuntu)

** Changed in: partman-efi (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

** Changed in: partman-efi (Ubuntu)
       Status: Invalid => Triaged

** Summary changed:

- Ubuntu live CD installer crashed
+ Warning message when installing in EFI mode to a BIOS disk is horribly confusing

** Description changed:

- The installer crashed just after it said that it failed to install grub.
- No further information was given; there was 2 MB available before the
- btrfs partition, which was the first partition.
- 
- ProblemType: Bug
- DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04
- Package: ubiquity 17.04.7 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
- ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-8.10-generic 4.10.0-rc8
- Uname: Linux 4.10.0-8-generic x86_64
- ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu2
- Architecture: amd64
- CasperVersion: 1.380
- Date: Mon Feb 27 12:34:56 2017
- InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet splash ---
- LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Alpha amd64 (20170225)
- ProcEnviron:
-  LANGUAGE=en_AU.UTF-8
-  PATH=(custom, no user)
-  XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
-  LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
-  LC_NUMERIC=C.UTF-8
- SourcePackage: grub-installer
- UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
+ When installing in EFI mode to a disk that is partitioned without an EFI
+ system partition, you do get a warning message that this may cause a
+ problem and suggests that you go back and do a bios mode install
+ instead.  The way that it is worded, and the fact that the button to
+ switch to a BIOS mode install is labeled "cancel", is very confusing and
+ has lead to hundreds, if not thousands of users clicking the OK button
+ instead, and proceeding with an install that is doomed to fail.  This
+ message really needs to be clarified.

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Title:
  Warning message when installing in EFI mode to a BIOS disk is horribly
  confusing

Status in partman-efi package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  When installing in EFI mode to a disk that is partitioned without an
  EFI system partition, you do get a warning message that this may cause
  a problem and suggests that you go back and do a bios mode install
  instead.  The way that it is worded, and the fact that the button to
  switch to a BIOS mode install is labeled "cancel", is very confusing
  and has lead to hundreds, if not thousands of users clicking the OK
  button instead, and proceeding with an install that is doomed to fail.
  This message really needs to be clarified.

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