[Bug 1942955] [NEW] Ubuntu MATE 20.04.3 installer crashed

[Robert Pearson]

Public bug reported:

Where to start. Apparently the iso (ubuntu-mate-20.04.3-desktop-
amd64.iso) assumes every computer runs Windows and has small disks (2 TB
or smaller). The "Disk Image Writer" formats the jump drive as MBR with
bootable partition, a EFI partition for Windows compatibility and the
rest of the drive (59GB) as unusable.

I purchased a 1TB WD Blue SATA SSD and tried to install in it. The first
five times failed. The drive was initially blank and the installer
disabled the Install button. I used 18.04 Disks to creat the GUID
partition table and create the UEFI System Partition, the Ubuntu MATE
partition, the Linux swap partition, and a NTFS data partition.

I was at least able to start the installation. Then the installer
crashed.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: ubiquity 20.04.15.17 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.11.0-27.29~20.04.1-generic 5.11.22
Uname: Linux 5.11.0-27-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.18
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CasperVersion: 1.445.1
Date: Tue Sep  7 21:28:16 2021
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu-mate.seed quiet splash ---
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu-MATE 20.04.3 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20210819.1)
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug focal ubiquity-20.04.15.17 ubuntu-mate

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Title:
  Ubuntu MATE 20.04.3 installer crashed

Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Where to start. Apparently the iso (ubuntu-mate-20.04.3-desktop-
  amd64.iso) assumes every computer runs Windows and has small disks (2
  TB or smaller). The "Disk Image Writer" formats the jump drive as MBR
  with bootable partition, a EFI partition for Windows compatibility and
  the rest of the drive (59GB) as unusable.

  I purchased a 1TB WD Blue SATA SSD and tried to install in it. The
  first five times failed. The drive was initially blank and the
  installer disabled the Install button. I used 18.04 Disks to creat the
  GUID partition table and create the UEFI System Partition, the Ubuntu
  MATE partition, the Linux swap partition, and a NTFS data partition.

  I was at least able to start the installation. Then the installer
  crashed.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
  Package: ubiquity 20.04.15.17 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.11.0-27.29~20.04.1-generic 5.11.22
  Uname: Linux 5.11.0-27-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.18
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
  CasperVersion: 1.445.1
  Date: Tue Sep  7 21:28:16 2021
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu-mate.seed quiet splash ---
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu-MATE 20.04.3 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20210819.1)
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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