[Bug 1994014] [NEW] Installer crashes if laptop has Windows already installed

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I have Lenovo P14s (AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U with Radeon Graphic, UEFI BIOS
version was R1MET44W (1.14), but I updated BIOS to R1MET49W (1.19)).

I tried to install Ubuntu Desktop versions: 20.04, 22.04.1 and 22.10
(and Mint Vanessa).

All distributions booted just fine and I was even able to see and mount
Windows partitions.

Anyway, when I tried to install Ubuntu, I get some really weird error.

You can see this "pearl" here:
https://i.ibb.co/GnHxv0t/ubuntu-22-10-install-wtf.jpg

This happened if I enabled or disabled WiFi and with Slovenian or
English language pack. After a couple of minutes, crash report is shown,
informing me that /usr/bin/parted_server crashed.


While the description of error is really informative - it says the problem is "????", the solution is also very clearly described. You just need to "????". Right?

Fortunately, I have found the solution. I erased Windows completely
(actually rewrite first part of device /dev/nvme0n1 with zeroes - sudo
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/nvme0n1 bs=16M), and then I was able to install
Ubuntu.

I guess there is a problem with partitioner which does not recognize one
of the Windows partitions... but it should say "OK, there is this and
this problem, I cannot install Ubuntu alongside Windows, but I can
delete Windows partitions for you". Or something similar.

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

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Installer crashes if laptop has Windows already installed
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1994014
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