[Bug 1170875] [NEW] Ubiquity proceeds with installation even if EFI partition is absent

[Biswarup Ray]

Public bug reported:

I recently installed 13.04 final beta(Gnome,amd64 version) on my EFI
enabled desktop. This being my first installation of an OS supporting
EFI, I was not aware of the requirement of a separate EFI partition. I
booted the pen drive in EFI mode and selected the "manual partitioning"
option to reuse my existing partitions. The installer proceeded with the
installation without indicating that there was any problem and the
installation was otherwise correctly done except for the EFI part. I
discovered this problem only after when the system refused to boot. I
then re-installed the whole system again after converting the existing
non-GPT partition table to a GPT partition table and creating the EFI
partition.

I am proposing that a warning system be included in Ubiquity, which will
warn users when the EFI partition is absent.

** Affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: efi

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Title:
  Ubiquity proceeds with installation even if EFI partition is absent

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I recently installed 13.04 final beta(Gnome,amd64 version) on my EFI
  enabled desktop. This being my first installation of an OS supporting
  EFI, I was not aware of the requirement of a separate EFI partition. I
  booted the pen drive in EFI mode and selected the "manual
  partitioning" option to reuse my existing partitions. The installer
  proceeded with the installation without indicating that there was any
  problem and the installation was otherwise correctly done except for
  the EFI part. I discovered this problem only after when the system
  refused to boot. I then re-installed the whole system again after
  converting the existing non-GPT partition table to a GPT partition
  table and creating the EFI partition.

  I am proposing that a warning system be included in Ubiquity, which
  will warn users when the EFI partition is absent.

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