** Summary changed: - Warning message when installing in EFI mode to a BIOS disk is horribly confusing + Booting installer in EFI mode with existing bios mode hd crashes
** Description changed: When installing in EFI mode to a disk that is partitioned without an EFI system partition, you do get a warning message that this may cause a problem and suggests that you go back and do a bios mode install instead. The way that it is worded, and the fact that the button to switch to a BIOS mode install is labeled "cancel", is very confusing and has lead to hundreds, if not thousands of users clicking the OK button instead, and proceeding with an install that is doomed to fail. This message really needs to be clarified. + + Instead of clarifying, the question was removed, and grub-efi is always + used, which crashes the install. This is a release regression that + needs corrected for 18.04.1. ** Description changed: When installing in EFI mode to a disk that is partitioned without an EFI system partition, you do get a warning message that this may cause a problem and suggests that you go back and do a bios mode install instead. The way that it is worded, and the fact that the button to switch to a BIOS mode install is labeled "cancel", is very confusing and has lead to hundreds, if not thousands of users clicking the OK button instead, and proceeding with an install that is doomed to fail. This message really needs to be clarified. Instead of clarifying, the question was removed, and grub-efi is always - used, which crashes the install. This is a release regression that - needs corrected for 18.04.1. + used, which crashes the install. grub-pc is the correct version to use + in this case. This is a release regression that needs corrected for + 18.04.1. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1668148 Title: Booting installer in EFI mode with existing bios mode hd crashes To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/partman-efi/+bug/1668148/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
