Re: Will installation on BIOS systems with no ESP be supported in 21.04?
On Sat, 10 Apr 2021 17:07:37 +0200, Liam Proven wrote: > I reported a bug that occurs in both Ubuntu Unity 20.10 and Xubuntu > 20.10 and which prevents me from installing either OS on my computers: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1915152 > > It seems that the Ubiquity installer *requires* an EFI System > Partition (ESP) even if being installed on a BIOS-based system with an > MBR hard disk. > > None of my PC computers use UEFI. I do own 2 with UEFI but I run them > in legacy BIOS mode with MBR-partitioned disks. > > So they do not have UEFI system partitions. > > Multiple retries of reinstallation of 20.10 always fail because of this. > > My bug report has attracted no attention so I wanted to ask if anyone > had tried this in 21.04 yet? > > I do not want to repartition and reformat the HDDs of several > computers just to install a new release of Ubuntu. :-( > > -- > Liam Proven Hi Liam, I just want to know if it is not possible for you to allocate around 200-500M and mark it as 'EFI System Partition' as the installer is requesting? It doesn't require major re-partitioning, doesn't have to be the first partition, it can also be extended partition. I checked putting EFI partition as an extended partition and it installs and boots properly. Tools like Gparted would help you do this without affecting your already existing partitions. That said, if you really don't want to create an EFI parition, you can consider using Lubuntu. It uses Calamares, not ubiquity and as such is not affected by this bug. I did few BIOS mode (MBR parition) installs today, without an EFI partition and it installs and boots without any issue. Regards, Sai -- ubuntu-devel mailing list ubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel
Ubuntu Focal update of broken Calibre package
Hi all, I checked Calibre in Groovy (version 4.99.12+dfsg+really4.23.0-1) and it works fine. As per bug report #1898904 (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/calibre/+bug/1898904/comments/7), Calibre >=4.15 has the required patch. So, instead of waiting for 5.2, can we backport current Groovy version of Calibre to Focal? Regards, Sai Unfortunately, Calibre 5.x requires SIP 5 and PyQt5 that is built against SIP 5. Moving PyQt5 to the new SIP is a major transition, that happened in Debian recently (two weeks ago) and did not happen in Ubuntu yet because of freeze. This requires changes in many packages simultaneously: at least pyqt5, pyqt5charts, pyqt5webengine, qscintilla2, calibre, python-poppler-qt5, veusz, krita and qgis. I am planning to land this change early in Groovy+1 cycle. > Is the above (update to 5.2.0) possible in Ubuntu Focal, and if yes, > what kind if steps are necessary? So for Focal and Groovy we need a version of Calibre that still uses SIP 4. Last such version in Debian was 4.99.12+dfsg+really4.23.0-1, Groovy already has that. If you know some specific fixes, maybe they can be applied on top of what Focal or Groovy has. -- Dmitry Shachnev -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
