** Description changed: Test Case: 1. On a EFI machine with an existing system installed in BIOS mode (without an ESP partition), boot 18.04.1 (in EFI mode) 2. Select manual partitioning 3. Resize the main partition 4. Allocate the free space to Ubuntu and do not create an ESP partition 5. Proceed with the installation Result Grub setup and installation fail. - Given it'll always fail the installer should either display a warning or - completely forbid the type of setup and prevent the user from confirming - the new partitioning scheme if he didn't create an ESP partition. + Given it'll always fail the installer should either display a warning + (same message than when a new partition table is created in manual + partitioning mode and an ESP partition is not created) or completely + forbid the type of setup and prevent the user from confirming the new + partitioning scheme if he didn't create an ESP partition. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: ubiquity 18.04.14.6 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question] ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-29.31-generic 4.15.18 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-29-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.2 Architecture: amd64 CasperVersion: 1.394 Date: Fri Jul 27 08:57:31 2018 InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper --- LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180725) SourcePackage: grub-installer UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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