[Bug 1923134] Re: replace prior 18.04 installation with 21.04 (no format of partition sda1)

[Chris Guiver]

Re-attempted install.

Same sda1 partition used (except it's now a Lubuntu hirsute instead of
bionic).

Refer new bug report
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1923680 I've
marked as duplicate.

The 'out of space' issue I believe is because grub is being written to
the installation-media (thumb-drive) and not disk

from other report

ubuntu at ubuntu:/$ df -h |grep target
/dev/sda1 658G 328G 297G 53% /target
/dev/sdb2 4.9M 4.9M 2.0K 100% /target/boot/efi

sdb2 is the installation media; sda is the drive install is being
attempted on.

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Title:
  replace prior 18.04 installation with 21.04 (no format of partition
  sda1)

Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  QA-test install on
  - dell [optiplex] 780 (c2q-q9400, 8gb, amd/ati cedar radeon hd 5000/6000/7350/8350)

  replace sda1 (initially lubuntu 18.04) with ubuntu hirsute

  sda1 was chosen as lubuntu 18.04 reaches EOL this month, which is
  earlier than the groovy (20.10) partition. sda1 was without format (I
  have music & other files in $HOME)

  ** expected result

  Install will work; reboot & I'll have a 21.04 system in the sda1
  partition

  ** actual result

  grub-install failed, reboot & it only booted to recovery console :(

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 21.04
  Package: ubiquity 21.04.14
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.11.0-13.14-generic 5.11.7
  Uname: Linux 5.11.0-13-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu61
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
  CasperVersion: 1.461
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Fri Apr  9 16:38:39 2021
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed maybe-ubiquity quiet splash ---
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 21.04 "Hirsute Hippo" - Beta amd64 (20210408)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_AU.UTF-8
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
   LC_NUMERIC=C.UTF-8
  RebootRequiredPkgs:
   linux-image-5.11.0-13-generic
   linux-base
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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