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

[Bret Busby]

On 28/04/2021, Bret Busby <bret.busby at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 28/04/2021, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, 27 Apr 2021 at 18:58, Bret Busby <bret.busby at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> 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.
>>
>> That is a damned shame. Sorry to hear it. :-(
>>
>> May I suggest you go and add your name to the bug?
>>
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1893964
>>
>
> I would, but, it needs a login account, and I already have too many
> accounts and passwords. I am too old and too forgetful, to add more
> login details to my already overloaded memory.
>
> Whilst no obligation exists, hopefully (like throwing a message bottle
> in the sea, in the hope that someone will see it), someone from
> Canonical, and, someone from the MATE people, peruse(s) this list.
>

>From what I have seen on that lauchpad web page, the bug, as it
stands, is apparently regarded as acceptable, by the powers that be,
with the expectation tat users will simply have to apply a hellishly
complicated workaround, that the powers that be, also apparently
regard as acceptable, so the official response, and, the official
status of the bug, appears to be that the bug is fixed, to the
satisfaction of the powers that be, and, if anyone (like me) is silly
enough to want run Ubuntu on a BIOS system, then, tough luck.

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Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
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