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[Chris Guiver <1873128@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

** Changed in: calamares (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Fix Released

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Title:
  calamares wants to install to 3.5" 1.44MB floppy  (& boot loader will
  get written to /dev/fd0 if sda selected)

Status in Calamares:
  Fix Released
Status in calamares package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Lubuntu 20.04 QA-test install on
  dell [optiplex] 755 (c2d-e6850, 5gb, amd/ati radeon rv516/x1300/x1550)
  testcase: install with existing partition (sda8 is existing /home, sda9 will be used for /)

  Expected :

  System has only a single HDD, so I'd expect to select my partitions
  from hdd, and not have any options for /dev/fd0

  Actual :

  The systems seems to want to install to my 3.5" floppy ??
  It's a 3.5" 1.44MB one too, but it's reporting ~1920GB??

  If I select HDD partitions, the install will fail because boot loader
  will be attempted to be written to /dev/fd0 (maybe that would work if
  floppy is in drive & box actually booted floppy)

  Detail:

  This issue ONLY occurs if a floppy is in the drive during boot.  If no
  floppy is in drive install works flawlessly (#3, #10), but as noted in
  comment #8 if floppy is in drive during boot, even if selected
  partition is /dev/sda it seems to want to install boot loader to
  /dev/fd0 (see also
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/calamares/+bug/1873168)

  
  The floppy was only recently enabled in BIOS because of an ask.ubuntu support request, so prior installs on this box wouldn't have seen the FDD

  I'll look at this when I can.. I'll provide pic & calamares log
  (haven't exited or run install yet). The floppy could be corrupted &
  creating the issue (it contains some word perfect files from 1994
  only; and happened to be left in drive from ask.ubu support use).

  (( Also all play I did with floppy was in 18.04 system as that was
  what OP on ask.ubu was using ))

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
  Package: calamares 3.2.20-0ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-21.25-generic 5.4.27
  Uname: Linux 5.4.0-21-generic x86_64
  .etc.calamares.modules.finished.conf:
   ---
   restartNowMode: user-checked
   restartNowCommand: "systemctl -i reboot"
  .etc.calamares.modules.partition.conf:
   efiSystemPartition: "/boot/efi"
   enableLuksAutomatedPartitioning: true
   userSwapChoices: none
   drawNestedPartitions: true
   defaultFileSystemType: "ext4"
  .etc.calamares.modules.shellprocess_logs.conf:
   ---
   dontChroot: true
   timeout: 30
   script:
       - calamares-logs-helper @@ROOT@@
  .etc.calamares.modules.unpackfs.conf:
   ---
   unpack:
       -   source: "/cdrom/casper/filesystem.squashfs"
           sourcefs: "squashfs"
           destination: ""
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu26
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
  CasperVersion: 1.445
  CurrentDesktop: LXQt
  Date: Thu Apr 16 14:11:01 2020
  LiveMediaBuild: Lubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Beta amd64 (20200415)
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   calamares-settings-ubuntu-common 1:20.04.2
   calamares-settings-lubuntu       1:20.04.2
   xfsprogs                         5.3.0-1ubuntu2
   btrfs-progs                      5.4.1-2
  SourcePackage: calamares
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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