[Bug 1766945] [NEW] (EFI on top of legacy install) choosing "replace" or "resize" options in partitioning may lead to an install failure

[Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre]

Public bug reported:

If I have existing data on disk built by a previous version of Ubuntu
(in BIOS (legacy) mode, or a previous Windows install, and no EFI system
partition on disk; the installer presents three choices:

- Replace $existing and reinstall.  (if a previous Ubuntu install was found)
- Resize and install
- Erase disk and install.

The first two options will attempt to complete the installation in EFI
mode (as they should) but do not create an EFI system partition, which
is required as a place to put shim and grub on disk for booting. The
installer will then crash / fail as grub-install fails to find the ESP
when copying the bootloader.

The last option works correctly, it creates the ESP as it erases the
entire disks and proceeds with new partitioning.

** Affects: partman-efi (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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

** Also affects: partman-efi (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

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Title:
  (EFI on top of legacy install) choosing "replace" or "resize" options
  in partitioning may lead to an install failure

Status in partman-efi package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  If I have existing data on disk built by a previous version of Ubuntu
  (in BIOS (legacy) mode, or a previous Windows install, and no EFI
  system partition on disk; the installer presents three choices:

  - Replace $existing and reinstall.  (if a previous Ubuntu install was found)
  - Resize and install
  - Erase disk and install.

  The first two options will attempt to complete the installation in EFI
  mode (as they should) but do not create an EFI system partition, which
  is required as a place to put shim and grub on disk for booting. The
  installer will then crash / fail as grub-install fails to find the ESP
  when copying the bootloader.

  The last option works correctly, it creates the ESP as it erases the
  entire disks and proceeds with new partitioning.

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