To the original bug reporter here: - what operating systems are installed on your machine? - are they booting in UEFI or Legacy (BIOS) mode? - how many drives are present on your system and which one did you want to install ubuntu on?
It appears that two drives are present, and resize_use_free was chosen that resized installation on /dev/sda. /lib/partman/automatically_partition/10resize_use_free/choices: paragraph: 1 1048576-368050175 367001600 primary ntfs /dev/sda1 /lib/partman/automatically_partition/10resize_use_free/choices: paragraph: 2 368050176-161343340543 160975290368 primary ntfs /dev/sda2 /lib/partman/automatically_partition/10resize_use_free/choices: paragraph: 8 161344389120-186202389503 24858000384 logical ext4 /dev/sda8 /lib/partman/automatically_partition/10resize_use_free/choices: paragraph: 6 186202980352-201200979967 14997999616 logical linux-swap /dev/sda6 /lib/partman/automatically_partition/10resize_use_free/choices: paragraph: 7 201201811456-266193600511 64991789056 logical ext4 /dev/sda7 /lib/partman/automatically_partition/10resize_use_free/choices: paragraph: 5 266201989120-1000203091967 734001102848 logical ntfs /dev/sda5 parted_server: main_loop: iteration 98 But /dev/sda does not have UEFI partition, nor one was created. ** Also affects: partman-auto (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1277865 Title: Cannot install Ubuntu 14.04 on EFI hardware To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/+bug/1277865/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs