Hi Dan, thanks for the fast response. No, the disks where clean. I just
started fresh (from zero!) using the VMWAre Vsphere Client.
New VM
-> Add HDD (Create New Virtual Disk, Thick Provision Lazy Zeroed, Store with
the VM, 50 GB
SCSI (0:0) Hard Disk 1)
-> Add HDD (Create New Virtual Disk, Thick Provision Lazy Zeroed, Store with
the VM, 300 GB
SCSI (0:1) Hard Disk 2)
-> Add HDD (Create New Virtual Disk, Thick Provision Lazy Zeroed, Store with
the VM, 300 GB
SCSI (0:2) Hard Disk 3)
-> Add CD/DVD Drive (Connect at power on; Device Type: Datastore ISO File:
ubuntu-22.04-live-server-amd64.iso)
Then Boot the VM and at the console select Try/Install Ubuntu.
Then, went for the "Custom Storage Layout", this was what I did first, and were
unable to proceed past the "Storage Configuration" screen.
In my second attempt (same session, did not reboot the VM), I went up to
the "Help" box in the upper right corner and hit the "Exit to Shell"
option, where I did the following fdisk commands manually. This is what
may be confusing you, as this made the disks appear as formatted.
fdisk /dev/sda (n: create new partition, accept all defaults; a: toogle
bootable; w write to disk and exit)
fdisk /dev/sdb (n: create new partition, accept all defaults; w write to disk
and exit)
fdisk /dev/sdc (n: create new partition, accept all defaults; w write to disk
and exit)
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda1
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdb1
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdc1
exit shell and return to installer
resume configuring storage layout (here is where I succeeded even if I had to
select mount -> Other -> / (as the mount / option was greyed out).
My bug report is about two confusing things: 1) starting with fresh
disks there is no way of selecting a bootable disk and at the same time
selecting / as a mount point (options greyed out); 2) even after
formatting the disks in the shell, it is confusing that the "mount under
/" option is greyed out and one has to go to "Other", then /.
Hope it is clearer now. I am now attaching the complete logs, though I
understand they may contain information from the whole session and may
be confusing. I can try and reproduce with a new VM from scratch.
PS: how can you run asciinema within the installer?
Cheers -- fernan
** Attachment added: "requested /var/log/installer files"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1969822/+attachment/5582219/+files/var-log-installer-files.tar.gz
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