[Bug 2103493] [NEW] Subiquity crashes due to a failure of the sfdisk command during the installation of Ubuntu 24.04.2 Desktop on ESXi.

[vmware-gos-Yuhua]

Public bug reported:

Issue:
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    Subiquity crashes due to a failure of the sfdisk command during the installation of Ubuntu 24.04.2 Desktop on ESXi.

Steps to Reproduce:
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1. Create a VM in ESXi 8.0 or ESXi 8.0.x with an lsilogic SAS disk, 4GB of memory, and the other default settings.

2. Mount the ISO file ubuntu-24.04.2-desktop-amd64.iso to the VM

3. Power on the VM and follow the OS installation wizard to install
Ubuntu Desktop

4. During the installing, subiquity crashes due to a failure of the
sfdisk command.

   Please refer to the attached screenshot "sfdisk_fail.png" for
detailed log.

Thanks
Yuhua Zou

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

** Attachment added: "sfdisk_fail.png"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2103493/+attachment/5865441/+files/sfdisk_fail.png

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Title:
  Subiquity crashes due to a failure of the sfdisk command during the
  installation of Ubuntu 24.04.2 Desktop on ESXi.

Status in subiquity package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Issue:
  ----------
      Subiquity crashes due to a failure of the sfdisk command during the installation of Ubuntu 24.04.2 Desktop on ESXi.

  Steps to Reproduce:
  ---------------------
  1. Create a VM in ESXi 8.0 or ESXi 8.0.x with an lsilogic SAS disk, 4GB of memory, and the other default settings.

  2. Mount the ISO file ubuntu-24.04.2-desktop-amd64.iso to the VM

  3. Power on the VM and follow the OS installation wizard to install
  Ubuntu Desktop

  4. During the installing, subiquity crashes due to a failure of the
  sfdisk command.

     Please refer to the attached screenshot "sfdisk_fail.png" for
  detailed log.

  Thanks
  Yuhua Zou

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