[Bug 1908435] [NEW] Ubuntu Installation Failure With Formatted Disk

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Ubuntu Installer fails when trying to install on a Drive that is
previously formatted by Ubuntu installer.

I know this issue has been around for a long time but is there a way
that the installer can detect a formatted drive automatically and if the
usecase is to wipe the drive anyway, automatically format the drive
before running any code that may fail due to the existing drive
formatting?

I can imagine this issue can be a real roadblock for newbies as when it
fails as there are virtually no hints of why it is failing.

Background: 
Today, I was installing Ubuntu 20.04 on an new computer I used a DVD I burned back in May of this year. The installer failed and it appears to have already formatted the drive at that point.

I had assumed that the DVD may have been damaged so I downloaded 20.04.1
and burned a new DVD. When I installed, it failed again before I got to
the final "install" button. I did let the system send the bug report up
to the server at the time (about 13:00 EST). I have seen this issue
before and it was related to the drive formatting causing the installer
to bail so I used Ubuntu Live and gparted to delete any data on the
drive. When I re-installed, it installed successfully.

During all the above installations, I used the `Wipe drive and use ZFS`
option.

** Affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: bot-comment drive format installer
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Ubuntu Installation Failure With Formatted Disk
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1908435
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