[Bug 1705848] Re: fresh install (over running 17.04) failed

[Pnashdc]

I understand. However, my bug report was not an effort to determine a work
around. I am able to effectively install and use the new version.

The behavior is unexpected and, as far as I can tell, not clearly and
prominently documented (i.e., BY DEFINITION, it is a bug). Moreover, I
expect that the current behavior and documentation will be problematic for
many  users.

Finally, the real issue is how the swapfile is managed by default. Again,
the actual behavior differs from the documented behavior.

On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 12:33 PM, Phillip Susi <psusi at ubuntu.com> wrote:

> Your disk is currently partitioned to boot in bios mode, but you booted
> the installer in EFI mode. A warning message prompted you that this
> could be a problem and recommended performing a bios mode install
> instead, but you chose not to. You either need to perform the bios mode
> install, or partition the disk using GPT and set up an EFI system
> partition to install in EFI mode. This will be done for you if you
> choose the "use entire disk" guided install option.
>
> ** Changed in: grub-installer (Ubuntu)
>        Status: New => Invalid
>
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> Title:
>   fresh install (over running 17.04) failed
>
> Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
>   Invalid
>
> Bug description:
>   I decided to try a fresh install over a running that was a bit
>   sluggish, but otherwise fully operational. I selected a UEFI and the
>   only other option I selected was to use only part of the drive (128G
>   SSD). I expected to use a swap file, but the installer insisted on
>   using a swap partition that previously existed on a second drive (2G
>   HDD) that was used for a different OS on that drive. So, I also
>   selected a swap partition on on the SSD.
>
>   ProblemType: Bug
>   DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04
>   Package: ubiquity 17.04.9
>   ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-19.21-generic 4.10.8
>   Uname: Linux 4.10.0-19-generic x86_64
>   ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu4
>   Architecture: amd64
>   CasperVersion: 1.380
>   Date: Sat Jul 22 15:45:12 2017
>   InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi
> file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet splash ---
>   LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Release amd64 (20170412)
>   ProcEnviron:
>    PATH=(custom, no user)
>    XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
>    LANG=en_US.UTF-8
>    LC_NUMERIC=C.UTF-8
>   SourcePackage: grub-installer
>   UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>
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Title:
  fresh install (over running 17.04) failed

Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  I decided to try a fresh install over a running that was a bit
  sluggish, but otherwise fully operational. I selected a UEFI and the
  only other option I selected was to use only part of the drive (128G
  SSD). I expected to use a swap file, but the installer insisted on
  using a swap partition that previously existed on a second drive (2G
  HDD) that was used for a different OS on that drive. So, I also
  selected a swap partition on on the SSD.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04
  Package: ubiquity 17.04.9
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-19.21-generic 4.10.8
  Uname: Linux 4.10.0-19-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.380
  Date: Sat Jul 22 15:45:12 2017
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet splash ---
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Release amd64 (20170412)
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   LC_NUMERIC=C.UTF-8
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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