Hi Evan, and thanks for prodding about this... On Sun, Aug 14, 2016 at 07:33:10PM -0500, Evan Cox wrote: >Package: partman-efi > >As per #85 at >https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1418706 , I was >asked to file this bug in Debian's bug tracker. The basic issue is that >Ubuntu fails to install to a completely blank drive (e.g. a blank virtual >hard disk) if installing in UEFI mode and you choose a custom partition >layout. This bug is present in multiple Ubuntu releases, including 16.04 >LTS. Not sure which version of partman-efi this is, as I cannot actually >install Ubuntu to check. To quote from the original report: > >"When doing a UEFI-mode install using the latest daily Vivid ISO (Thu Feb >5), Ubiquity incorrectly concludes that a blank drive contains an existing >BIOS-mode install (see error in attached screenshot). >The resulting error dialog is also broken: none of the buttons do any thing >when clicked: X (close button), "Go Back", "Continue". >You can seemingly move the install forward by clicking "Continue" in the >main installer window, but things are still broken somewhere as grub isn't >getting correctly installed (system is unbootable after the install >completes)."
I've just tested partman-efi right now in Debian using a blank target drive, booting in UEFI from both DVD and from USB. I don't see any issue myself. How exactly did you test, please - what machine, boot media etc.? I'm guessing this might be something caused by ubiquity, but it's not something I've ever looked into myself as we don't use it in Debian. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. st...@einval.com Mature Sporty Personal More Innovation More Adult A Man in Dandism Powered Midship Specialty
