Will installation on BIOS systems with no ESP be supported in 21.04?

[Bret Busby]

On 16/04/2021, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:

<snip>

>
> However I am happy to say that after I discussed this bug on Twitter,
> Reddit, Ubuntu Discourse and Hacker News, within days, it was taken on
> by someone, a fix written, applied and incorporated.
>
> With any luck it will be possible to install 21.04 on machines in BIOS
> mode without an ESP.
>

Okay - in trying to install UbuntuMATE 21.04 on my Acer Aspire 5750G
(i5 with 16GB RAM and nVIDIA Optimus), I get, in the Something Else
procedure, which involves creating new partitions for / and for /home
, the error message;

"
Go back to the menu and resume partitioning? as superuser)

No EFI System Partition was found. This system will likely not be able
to boot successfully, and the installation process may fail.

Please go back and add an EFI System Partition, or continue at your own risk.

<Go Back>   <Continue>
"

So, the bug is, evidently, present in the release version.

-- 
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
(UTC+0800)
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