I also ran into this failure, however within VMware workstation 12. I created a standard VM using a SCSI disk (as is recommended) and saw installation fail instantly after the partitioner step.
Interestingly, reconfiguring the disk as "IDE" allowed installation to complete. Here is my subiquity log confirming the same lack of serial number issue: http://termbin.com/lqk4 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1743631 Title: Install with virtio disk fails due to unknown serial To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/curtin/+bug/1743631/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
