[Bug 1768384] [NEW] can't install onto disk with freenas installed

[Micah]

Public bug reported:

Server 18.04 LTS

Installing to USB drive that already has freenas 11.1-U4 installed.

Installer crashes and recommends filing bug on Launchpad. No visible way
to extract logs, only option was to close and reboot.

Dropping to shell, fdisk new partition map allowed installation to
proceed normally on next boot.

Unfortunately I didn't write down the error log output but I recall the
curtin package being unable to export a pool because it didn't exist.
Perhaps the name of the pool is hard coded in that script and it's
incorrect? And/or perhaps that step isn't necessary at all, if the user
has explicitly stated that overwriting the whole disk is what's desired,
why bother exporting the boot pool at all.

Let me know if I can help at all with this ,it was a new install of
FreeNAS with zero customization - was just testing a zfs receive.

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

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Title:
  can't install onto disk with freenas installed

Status in debian-installer package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Server 18.04 LTS

  Installing to USB drive that already has freenas 11.1-U4 installed.

  Installer crashes and recommends filing bug on Launchpad. No visible
  way to extract logs, only option was to close and reboot.

  Dropping to shell, fdisk new partition map allowed installation to
  proceed normally on next boot.

  Unfortunately I didn't write down the error log output but I recall
  the curtin package being unable to export a pool because it didn't
  exist. Perhaps the name of the pool is hard coded in that script and
  it's incorrect? And/or perhaps that step isn't necessary at all, if
  the user has explicitly stated that overwriting the whole disk is
  what's desired, why bother exporting the boot pool at all.

  Let me know if I can help at all with this ,it was a new install of
  FreeNAS with zero customization - was just testing a zfs receive.

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