[Bug 1983512] Re: On BIOS systems with manual partitioning, a warning message is displayed whether you use an EFI partition or a bios-grub partition (Ubuntu Kylin)

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Title:
  On BIOS systems with manual partitioning, a warning message is
  displayed whether you use an EFI partition or a bios-grub partition
  (Ubuntu Kylin)

Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Test hardware: HP Elitebook 8570p, 3rd gen Intel Core i5, 16 GB RAM, 1
  TB SSD, UEFI, Secure Boot disabled in hardware. Test done in GNOME
  Boxes with SeaBIOS as the firmware.

  Expected result: If using manual partitioning, no warnings should be
  displayed if the selected partition configuration will allow the
  system to boot successfully and function normally after installation
  is complete.

  Actual result: When installing Ubuntu Kylin on a BIOS system, creating
  a bios-grub partition and no EFI partition results in a warning about
  the missing EFI partition. Backing up and creating an EFI partition
  with no bios-grub partition results in a warning about the missing
  bios-grub partition. Installing using the bios-grub partition and
  disregarding the warning about the missing EFI partition results in a
  bootable, usable system after installation.

  Steps to reproduce:

  1: Download the latest Ubuntu Kylin 22.04.1 daily ISO.
  2: Boot the ISO using GNOME Boxes, ensuring that you do not enable EFI during the initial VM setup.
  3: When the installer window appears, change the language to English and click "Install Ubuntu Kylin".
  4: Set the keyboard layout as appropriate for your system (the default layout will probably be wrong unless you know Chinese).
  5: Proceed through the installer accepting the default options until you get to the "Installation type" screen.
  5: When presented with the "Installation type" screen in the installer, select "Something else".
  6: Create a 1 MB bios-grub partition, and a single BTRFS partition containing the balance of the disk. Set the BTRFS partition to be mounted at /, then click "Install Now". A warning will appear about the missing EFI partition.
  7: Go back, remove all partitions, then create a single 300MB EFI system partition, a single BTRFS partition spanning the rest of the disk, set the BTRFS partition to be mounted at /, and set the bootloader to be installed on the EFI partition, then click "Install Now". A warning will appear about the missing bios-grub partition.
  8: Go back again and repeat step 6.
  9: Rather than going back, continue with the installation this time, and proceed through the rest of the installer as normal.
  10: When the installation is finished, reboot into the installed system. The system will boot and function normally.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu Kylin 22.04
  Package: ubiquity (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-43.46-generic 5.15.39
  Uname: Linux 5.15.0-43-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.1
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
  CurrentDesktop: UKUI
  Date: Wed Aug  3 14:50:23 2022
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed locale=zh_CN keyboard-configuration/layoutcode?=cn maybe-ubiquity quiet splash ---
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-08-03 (0 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Kylin 22.04.1 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Release amd64 (20220801)
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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