[Bug 1780015] [NEW] Installer gparted creates 2 BIOS boot partition

[Robert Pearson]

Public bug reported:

New hard drive from Seagate blank. Created GUID Partition Table and
empty UEFI System Partition. Then booted from installation DVD.

Installer stated that my GPT type (???) required a 1 MB bios partition.
(For legacy boot on a drive larger than 2TB?????).

Removed everything and recreated the GUID Partition Table. When I
created the 1 MB bios partition, two 1 MB partitions were created, the
first was unused and the second was flagged as the BIOS boot partition.

Drives larger than 2 TB cannot use a MBR. I should be able to install as
UEFI without the legacy BIOS 1984 vintage garbage. (The 1 or 2
partitions for BIOS code.)

Loosing 1 MB of disk space is not a big deal, but the installer should
be moved up to the 2005's and allow UEFI only installation on drives too
big for MBR and BIOS booting.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:18.04.19
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-25.27-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-25-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.2
Architecture: amd64
CrashDB: ubuntu
CurrentDesktop: MATE
Date: Wed Jul  4 00:36:54 2018
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-07-04 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
Symptom: dist-upgrade
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug bionic dist-upgrade

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Title:
  Installer gparted creates 2 BIOS boot partition

Status in ubuntu-release-upgrader package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  New hard drive from Seagate blank. Created GUID Partition Table and
  empty UEFI System Partition. Then booted from installation DVD.

  Installer stated that my GPT type (???) required a 1 MB bios
  partition. (For legacy boot on a drive larger than 2TB?????).

  Removed everything and recreated the GUID Partition Table. When I
  created the 1 MB bios partition, two 1 MB partitions were created, the
  first was unused and the second was flagged as the BIOS boot
  partition.

  Drives larger than 2 TB cannot use a MBR. I should be able to install
  as UEFI without the legacy BIOS 1984 vintage garbage. (The 1 or 2
  partitions for BIOS code.)

  Loosing 1 MB of disk space is not a big deal, but the installer should
  be moved up to the 2005's and allow UEFI only installation on drives
  too big for MBR and BIOS booting.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:18.04.19
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-25.27-generic 4.15.18
  Uname: Linux 4.15.0-25-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.2
  Architecture: amd64
  CrashDB: ubuntu
  CurrentDesktop: MATE
  Date: Wed Jul  4 00:36:54 2018
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-07-04 (0 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  Symptom: dist-upgrade
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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