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[Aaron Rainbolt <2054601@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

Hardware: Dell Optiplex 9020, i5-4570, 32GB, Intel HD Graphics, Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection I217-LM, 6TB HDD
Operating system: Lubuntu 22.04.4 Release Candidate

Steps to reproduce:

1: Get a legacy BIOS system with a disk larger than 2TiB. (I have a 6TB spinning HDD.)
2: Boot the Lubuntu ISO in legacy BIOS mode.
3: Attempt to do an "Erase disk" installation.

Expected result: The installation should succeed.

Actual result: The installation crashes while trying to create
partitions.

Additional information: Calamares is making an MBR partition table. This
is the default behavior for BIOS systems. MBR partition tables only
support 2TiB and smaller disks. When Calamares tries to create an
over-2TiB partition during installation (in my case an over 5.4 TiB
partition), it fails most likely because  MBR can't handle that.

Note: This is not a regression. Older versions of Lubuntu 22.04 also
defaulted to MBR as the partition table type for BIOS systems.

** Affects: calamares (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Medium
         Status: New

** Description changed:

  Hardware: Dell Optiplex 9020, i5-4570, 32GB, Intel HD Graphics, Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection I217-LM, 6TB HDD
  Operating system: Lubuntu 22.04.4 Release Candidate
  
  Steps to reproduce:
  
  1: Get a legacy BIOS system with a disk larger than 2TiB. (I have a 6TB spinning HDD.)
  2: Boot the Lubuntu ISO in legacy BIOS mode.
  3: Attempt to do a full disk installation.
  
  Expected result: The installation should succeed.
  
  Actual result: The installation crashes while trying to create
  partitions.
  
  Additional information: Calamares is making an MBR partition table. This
  is the default behavior for BIOS systems. MBR partition tables only
  support 2TiB and smaller disks. When Calamares tries to create an
  over-2TiB partition during installation (in my case an over 5.4 TiB
  partition), it fails most likely because  MBR can't handle that.
+ 
+ Note: This is not a regression. Older versions of Lubuntu 22.04 also
+ defaulted to MBR as the partition table type for BIOS systems.

** Description changed:

  Hardware: Dell Optiplex 9020, i5-4570, 32GB, Intel HD Graphics, Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection I217-LM, 6TB HDD
  Operating system: Lubuntu 22.04.4 Release Candidate
  
  Steps to reproduce:
  
  1: Get a legacy BIOS system with a disk larger than 2TiB. (I have a 6TB spinning HDD.)
  2: Boot the Lubuntu ISO in legacy BIOS mode.
- 3: Attempt to do a full disk installation.
+ 3: Attempt to do an "Erase disk" installation.
  
  Expected result: The installation should succeed.
  
  Actual result: The installation crashes while trying to create
  partitions.
  
  Additional information: Calamares is making an MBR partition table. This
  is the default behavior for BIOS systems. MBR partition tables only
  support 2TiB and smaller disks. When Calamares tries to create an
  over-2TiB partition during installation (in my case an over 5.4 TiB
  partition), it fails most likely because  MBR can't handle that.
  
  Note: This is not a regression. Older versions of Lubuntu 22.04 also
  defaulted to MBR as the partition table type for BIOS systems.

** Changed in: calamares (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

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Title:
  Lubuntu 22.04 fails to install onto a >2TB disk on legacy BIOS systems

Status in calamares package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Hardware: Dell Optiplex 9020, i5-4570, 32GB, Intel HD Graphics, Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection I217-LM, 6TB HDD
  Operating system: Lubuntu 22.04.4 Release Candidate

  Steps to reproduce:

  1: Get a legacy BIOS system with a disk larger than 2TiB. (I have a 6TB spinning HDD.)
  2: Boot the Lubuntu ISO in legacy BIOS mode.
  3: Attempt to do an "Erase disk" installation.

  Expected result: The installation should succeed.

  Actual result: The installation crashes while trying to create
  partitions.

  Additional information: Calamares is making an MBR partition table.
  This is the default behavior for BIOS systems. MBR partition tables
  only support 2TiB and smaller disks. When Calamares tries to create an
  over-2TiB partition during installation (in my case an over 5.4 TiB
  partition), it fails most likely because  MBR can't handle that.

  Note: This is not a regression. Older versions of Lubuntu 22.04 also
  defaulted to MBR as the partition table type for BIOS systems.

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