On 2012 Mar 07 (Wed) at 13:26:41 +0100 (+0100), Leonardo Sabino dos Santos wrote: ... :I'm not actually paying :a whole lot of attention to the questions as this is just a test :installation and I figure I can always explore and configure the :system later. :
You should always pay attention to an *installation* program. Especially one that installs an *OS*, which is likely to erase your drive. :Next, the disk stuff comes up. A lot of partition information appears :on the screen, followed by the question: : : Use (W)hole disk or (E)dit the MBR? [whole] : :At this point I'm actually trying to remember if there's a way to :scroll back the console, because some information has scrolled of the :screen. I try PageUp, PageDown, Ctrl-UpArrow, Ctrl-DownArrow, but :nothing works, so I press Enter. : :And my partition table is gone. Poof! Instantly, with no confirmation. The confirmation was the part that you quoted. Sorry, but you *do* need to read what the installation program tells you. That is the entire point of having instructions on the screen. -- I really hate this damned machine I wish that they would sell it. It never does quite what I want But only what I tell it.
