Disk setup example text only lists MBR as valid table_type

[ubuntu-server-builder]

This bug was originally filed in Launchpad as LP: #1703789

Launchpad details

affected_projects = ['cloud-init (Ubuntu)']
assignee = szeestraten
assignee_name = Sandor Zeestraten
date_closed = 2017-09-23T02:34:45.423809+00:00
date_created = 2017-07-12T09:13:57.679146+00:00
date_fix_committed = 2017-07-17T13:42:04.369053+00:00
date_fix_released = 2017-09-23T02:34:45.423809+00:00
id = 1703789
importance = low
is_complete = True
lp_url = https://bugs.launchpad.net/cloud-init/+bug/1703789
milestone = None
owner = szeestraten
owner_name = Sandor Zeestraten
private = False
status = fix_released
submitter = szeestraten
submitter_name = Sandor Zeestraten
tags = []
duplicates = []

Launchpad user Sandor Zeestraten(szeestraten) wrote on 2017-07-12T09:13:57.679146+00:00

The disk setup example in the docs mentions that only MBR table_type is supported, while support for GPT was introduced in 0.7.7.

See here for disk setup example text: https://git.launchpad.net/cloud-init/tree/doc/examples/cloud-config-disk-setup.txt#n99

[ubuntu-server-builder]

Launchpad user Scott Moser(smoser) wrote on 2017-09-23T02:34:47.139243+00:00

This bug is believed to be fixed in cloud-init in 17.1. If this is still a problem for you, please make a comment and set the state back to New

Thank you.