Public bug reported:
affects ubuntu
During the installation procedure from a Live USB disk, I was installing
Linux on a hard drive with Windows. During the partitioning step, I chose
"something else" to keep Windows. Although I had already made extra
unpartitioned space for Linux, it showed this space as "unusable" and
wouldn't let me choose it for installation. The reason turned out to be
that Windows was already using all 4 primary partitions, which is the
maximum allowed for an MBR partitioning scheme, so I had to delete one.
It would be good for the installer to inform users that this is the reason
the unpartitioned space is unusable, rather than just greying out the
button to create a partition there. New users might not be able to figure
this out, and might not know about the 4 partition limit. This issue is
important so that installation is as clear and easy as possible so that
people won't be scared away from switching to Linux.
Technically I was installing Linux Mint, but Mint takes this partitioning
dialog from Ubuntu, so the issue exists for Ubuntu too.
** Affects: ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Title:
Better feedback when partitioning during installation and all 4
primary partitions are in use
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