[Bug 1818209] Re: installing on NVMe fails no disk with serial

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

** Changed in: subiquity (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  installing on NVMe fails no disk with serial

Status in curtin:
  Incomplete
Status in subiquity package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  While installing Ubuntu Server 18.04.2: curtin seems to compose the serial (id) for my NVMe storage incorrectly.
  Right after I give the installer the go-ahead to perform the installation (with nothing but default values) the command: ['curtin', 'block-meta', 'simple'] fails. The tracedump says:
  ValueError: no disk with serial 'THNSN5512GPU7_NVMe_TOSHIBA_512GB_________76KS12H7T5ZV' found.
  Under '/dev/disk/by-id' there indeed is no "nvme-THNSN5512GPU7_NVMe_TOSHIBA_512GB_________76KS12H7T5ZV" but rather "nvme-THNSN5512GPU7_NVMe_TOSHIBA_512GB__76KS12H7T5ZV" (missing 7 of the underscores)

  Workaround:
  Rebooting back to the installer, and before doing anything else, switch to a different terminal and manually create a symlink with the name curtis expects to find: cd /dev/disk/by_id ; ln -s ../../nvme0n1 nvme-THNSN5512GPU7_NVMe_TOSHIBA_512GB_________76KS12H7T5ZV
  After that the installation goes fine.

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