[Bug 1780015] Re: Installer gparted creates 2 BIOS boot partition

[Robert Pearson]

I did NOT boot in BIOS mode. The 1 MB partition was flagged as the
bios_grub partition. The installer created the second 1 MB partition
because it is full of bogs.

This is NOT a case of operator error. This is a report of bugs in the
software. Please turn it over to someone who is willing to actually fix
the bug.

P.S. Some hard drives are larger than 2 TB. Some are as large as 12 TB. I do not believe someone who buys a large drive is not stupid enough to boot in BIOS mode rendering most of the drive unavailable. Your installation code need to check the size of the drive and if it is larger than
2 TB. If so, do not include all the junk for smaller drives. This is a case of the software falling years (decades?) behind the hardware.

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Title:
  Installer gparted creates 2 BIOS boot partition

Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu:
  Expired

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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