[Bug 1668148] Re: Warning message when installing in EFI mode to a BIOS disk is horribly confusing

[Phillip Susi]

Please pay attention:

The choice that lead to a bios mode install was the correct one that
worked.  Choosing to use efi mode is the one that failed and crashed the
install.  Now it always uses efi mode, and so always crashes the
install.  It must be changed to take the bios mode install instead.

Again, removing the choice is not the issue; auto choosing the efi mode
instead of bios mode is the problem.


** Changed in: partman-efi (Ubuntu)
       Status: Fix Released => Triaged

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Title:
  Warning message when installing in EFI mode to a BIOS disk is horribly
  confusing

Status in partman-efi package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in partman-efi source package in Artful:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  When installing in EFI mode to a disk that is partitioned without an
  EFI system partition, you do get a warning message that this may cause
  a problem and suggests that you go back and do a bios mode install
  instead.  The way that it is worded, and the fact that the button to
  switch to a BIOS mode install is labeled "cancel", is very confusing
  and has lead to hundreds, if not thousands of users clicking the OK
  button instead, and proceeding with an install that is doomed to fail.
  This message really needs to be clarified.

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