Patched cloud-init to deal with this effectively by adding the ability for cloud-init to remove existing parititions and changed the Azure configuration to delete the existing partitions on the ephemeral device.
** Branch linked: lp:~utlemming/cloud-init/lp-1233698 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to cloud-init in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1233698 Title: ephemeral disk formating fails on Windows Azure To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cloud-init/+bug/1233698/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs