[lubuntu-devel] [Bug 1863421] Re: Lubuntu installer does not honor the 'flag', 'bios-grub' when GPT option is selected leading to failure to install grub.

[Simon Quigley]

Can we please confirm if this is a current issue?

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

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Title:
  Lubuntu installer does not honor the 'flag', 'bios-grub' when GPT
  option is selected leading to failure to install grub.

Status in calamares package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  I wanted to install Lubuntu (20.04) with btrfs root. I am using
  20200208 media and during partition setup choose 'Manual' option and
  set partitions as follows:

  /dev/sda1 8M unformatted (selected flag 'bios-grub', from the installer GUI)
  /dev/sda2 2G swap
  /dev/sda3 18G btrfs for /

  Continuing with installation with this option, the grub-install fails
  complaining it could not see 'BIOS boot' partition. See attached
  sceenshot.

  Solution is to manually set 'BIOS boot'. May be one could do it
  beforehand, which I did not try. What I did was to create partitions
  as above and while installation was in progress, opened up a terminal
  and manually set partition type to BIOS boot. I used parted and did
  'set 1 bios_grub on'.

  I checked on Kubuntu; if we choose 'Reservered BIOS boot area' option,
  the installer (ubiquity) remembers this and grub-install finishes
  successfully.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
  Package: calamares (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-14.17-generic 5.4.18
  Uname: Linux 5.4.0-14-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu16
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: LXQt
  Date: Sat Feb 15 19:33:25 2020
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-02-15 (0 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Alpha amd64 (20200208)
  SourcePackage: calamares
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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