You don't have to unplug them. The minimal workaround, and what I always use, is before the install, unflag the EFI partitions of drives you don't want to target. Somewhere in this bug report I have my tips on this, and I also wrote it up here https://askubuntu.com/a/1056079/152287
On Sat, 30 Jan 2021 at 09:09, Robert Bernecky <1396...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote: > I have lost about a month of my time with this bug!! > I thought I was doing something wrong with UUID or GPT vs MBR or ZFS or ... > It creamed my live benchmark system that I had spent considerable time > installing and customizing. > > Just today, I stumbled onto this archaic bug report, which remains unfixed > after seven years! > > Since my system has several nvme drives, I can't just unplug them to work > around the problem. > > > I agree that this bug is critical, not just "high". > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1396379 > > Title: > installer uses first EFI system partition found even when directed > otherwise > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1396379/+subscriptions > -- Tim Richardson -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1396379 Title: installer uses first EFI system partition found even when directed otherwise To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1396379/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs