Public bug reported: I did a fresh install of 12.10 on a new SSD and used the installer to partition the drive. I had chosen 'Something Else' for installation type (http://www.debianadmin.com/wp-content/gallery/quantal/4.png) because I had 12.04 installed on another drive. The installer created a GPT type partition table. When I rebooted the system would not boot from the drive because the BIOS was non-EFI.
The installer should try to detect this situation and prevent it. When I ran Boot Repair it was able to tell me I had a GPT drive on a non-EFI BIOS with no Boot BIOS partition, so it is possible. ** Affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1080726 Title: Installer should ensure a Boot BIOS partition is created on GPT when BIOS is non-EFI To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1080726/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs