[Bug 1784206] [NEW] [efi on top o legacy] Installer crash with legacy on disk 1 and efi installation on disk 2

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement]

Public bug reported:

Test Case.
1. On a 2 disks configuration, do a bios installation on disk 1
2. Boot the installer again with uefi enabled and do a second installation on disk 2
  - Select custom partitioning
  - Create a new partition
  - Allocate the free space to /
  - Install bootloader on sda1
3. Proceed with installation

Result
grub installer crashes because the ESP is not created

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: ubiquity 18.04.14.6
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-29.31-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-29-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.2
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.394
Date: Sun Jul 29 09:17:07 2018
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper ---
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180725)
SourcePackage: grub-installer
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: grub-installer (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug bionic ubiquity-18.04.14.6 ubuntu

** Description changed:

  Test Case.
  1. On a 2 disks configuration, do a bios installation on disk 1
  2. Boot the installer again with uefi enabled and do a second installation on disk 2
-   - Select custom partitioning
-   - Create a new partition 
-   - Allocate the free space to /
-   - Install bootloader on sda1
+   - Select custom partitioning
+   - Create a new partition
+   - Allocate the free space to /
+   - Install bootloader on sda1
  3. Proceed with installation
  
  Result
- grub installer crashes
+ grub installer crashes because the ESP is not created
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
  Package: ubiquity 18.04.14.6
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-29.31-generic 4.15.18
  Uname: Linux 4.15.0-29-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.2
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.394
  Date: Sun Jul 29 09:17:07 2018
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper ---
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180725)
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Title:
  [efi on top o legacy] Installer crash  with legacy on disk 1 and efi
  installation on disk 2

Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Test Case.
  1. On a 2 disks configuration, do a bios installation on disk 1
  2. Boot the installer again with uefi enabled and do a second installation on disk 2
    - Select custom partitioning
    - Create a new partition
    - Allocate the free space to /
    - Install bootloader on sda1
  3. Proceed with installation

  Result
  grub installer crashes because the ESP is not created

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
  Package: ubiquity 18.04.14.6
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-29.31-generic 4.15.18
  Uname: Linux 4.15.0-29-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.2
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.394
  Date: Sun Jul 29 09:17:07 2018
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper ---
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180725)
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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