[Bug 1875084] Re: zfs installation fails with : Failed to add #4 partition: Numerical result out of range

[Kyle Tinker]

I switched to UEFI (from BIOS), and it fixed the issue.  I am using 4TB
HDD's and I was not aware that BIOS had a max limit of 2 TB HDD.

It would be very nice if there was a descriptive error message in this
case--it was not easy to find the root cause.

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Title:
  zfs installation fails with : Failed to add #4 partition: Numerical
  result out of range

Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  I selected an install with ZFS to erase what's currently on the
  drives.  Using a Dell Poweredge R420 with a H710 PERC and it crashed
  before installing anything.

  This issue reproduces 100% of the time that I take the above steps.
  It is not intermittent, and I am not able to install on my machine
  with ZFS.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
  Package: ubiquity 20.04.15
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-26.30-generic 5.4.30
  Uname: Linux 5.4.0-26-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
  CasperVersion: 1.445
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Sat Apr 25 16:01:08 2020
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed only-ubiquity initrd=/casper/initrd quiet splash ---
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200423)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   LC_NUMERIC=C.UTF-8
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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