[Bug 1172185] Re: Erase and install ubiquity option leaving empty partitions

[Marcus Tomlinson]

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** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

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Title:
  Erase and install ubiquity option leaving empty partitions

Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Steps to reproduce:

  1. Install Ubuntu on the full disk on a VM
  2. Install Ubuntu on the same machine and choose the option of automatic resizing
  3. Install Ubuntu a third time and choose to Erase and install.

  The partition table shows 2 empty entries:
  I get a warning:
  Warning: extended partition does not start at a cylinder boundary.
  DOS and Linux will interpret the contents differently.

  
  And this is the stdout:
  Disk /dev/sda: 1614 cylinders, 255 heads, 63 sectors/track
  Units = cylinders of 8225280 bytes, blocks of 1024 bytes, counting from 0

     Device Boot Start     End   #cyls    #blocks   Id  System
  /dev/sda1   *      0+   1484-   1485-  11921408   83  Linux
  /dev/sda2       1484+   1614-    131-   1046529    5  Extended
  /dev/sda3          0       -       0          0    0  Empty
  /dev/sda4          0       -       0          0    0  Empty
  /dev/sda5       1484+   1614-    131-   1046528   82  Linux swap / Solaris

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
  Package: ubiquity (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-19.29-generic 3.8.8
  Uname: Linux 3.8.0-19-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Wed Apr 24 09:43:42 2013
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-04-24 (0 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release i386 (20130423.1)
  MarkForUpload: True
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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