Note that this can be worked around if the first partition has a definition in the user-data configuration, even if it isn't used at all during the install. From my initial example, adding this stanza to user- data appears to work around the problem:
- id: disk0-dummy type: partition number: 1 device: disk0 flag: boot size: 254803968 resize: false preserve: true grub_device: false -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2101853 Title: Install trying to use partition other than #1 for /boot fails with error. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/subiquity/+bug/2101853/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs