Re: Not really OffTopic - was {Re: Fedora has a boot option that forces the installer to recognize a drive as GPT, can this be added to Ubiquity/Debian?}

2017-11-06 Thread Michael Stone 
On November 6, 2017 7:12:37 PM EST, Richard Owlett  wrote:
>Why isn't query by user of a derivative [Ununtu] ask parent distro 
>[Debian] suggest a feature.

Because ubuntu has its own installer. Since an end user typically 
doesn't know what parts of a derivative are straight from upstream and 
which aren't, it makes sense to ask the questions on a support forum for 
the derivative distribution and let their process raise things up as 
appropriate.

Mike Stone

Re: Not really OffTopic - was {Re: Fedora has a boot option that forces the installer to recognize a drive as GPT, can this be added to Ubiquity/Debian?}

2017-11-06 Thread Don Armstrong 
On Mon, 06 Nov 2017, Richard Owlett wrote:
> Why isn't query by user of a derivative [Ununtu] ask parent distro [Debian]
> suggest a feature.

Ubuntu uses Ubiquity. Debian does not.

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Not really OffTopic - was {Re: Fedora has a boot option that forces the installer to recognize a drive as GPT, can this be added to Ubiquity/Debian?}

2017-11-06 Thread Richard Owlett 

On 11/06/2017 03:26 PM, David Wright wrote:

(Copied to the OP.)

On Mon 06 Nov 2017 at 20:34:38 (+), Tom Furie wrote:

On Mon, Nov 06, 2017 at 08:04:40PM +, Indo Neh wrote:

There is a boot option in Fedora 'inst.gpt' which forces the Fedora 26



Could this somehow be added to Ubiquity as this option is useful for anyone


Wasn't the reply you received yesterday sufficient? You'll get on a lot
better if you ask Ubuntu related questions on the Ubuntu channels.


Yes, but the OP might not be subscribed, and expect a direct reply (now sent).

Cheers,
David.




Why isn't query by user of a derivative [Ununtu] ask parent distro 
[Debian] suggest a feature.



https://wiki.debian.org/Derivatives/Census states:
"Ubuntu is a Debian derivative aimed at popularizing and polishing Linux."

Re: Fedora has a boot option that forces the installer to recognize a drive as GPT, can this be added to Ubiquity/Debian?

2017-11-06 Thread David Wright 
(Copied to the OP.)

On Mon 06 Nov 2017 at 20:34:38 (+), Tom Furie wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 06, 2017 at 08:04:40PM +, Indo Neh wrote:
> > There is a boot option in Fedora 'inst.gpt' which forces the Fedora 26
>  
> > Could this somehow be added to Ubiquity as this option is useful for anyone
> 
> Wasn't the reply you received yesterday sufficient? You'll get on a lot
> better if you ask Ubuntu related questions on the Ubuntu channels.

Yes, but the OP might not be subscribed, and expect a direct reply (now sent).

Cheers,
David.

Re: Fedora has a boot option that forces the installer to recognize a drive as GPT, can this be added to Ubiquity/Debian?

2017-11-06 Thread Tom Furie 
On Mon, Nov 06, 2017 at 08:04:40PM +, Indo Neh wrote:
> There is a boot option in Fedora 'inst.gpt' which forces the Fedora 26
 
> Could this somehow be added to Ubiquity as this option is useful for anyone

Wasn't the reply you received yesterday sufficient? You'll get on a lot
better if you ask Ubuntu related questions on the Ubuntu channels.

Cheers,
Tom

-- 
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Fedora has a boot option that forces the installer to recognize a drive as GPT, can this be added to Ubiquity/Debian?

2017-11-06 Thread Indo Neh 
There is a boot option in Fedora 'inst.gpt' which forces the Fedora 26
Anaconda installer to recognize a drive as a GPT drive for the purposes of
the Anaconda installer setting up the drive with a GPT partition table.

https://rhinstaller.github.io/anaconda/boot-options.html#inst-gpt

Could this somehow be added to Ubiquity as this option is useful for anyone
who wants to set up a drive on a BIOS-based system as a GPT drive without
having to manually partition the drive after manually setting it as GPT? It
makes the automated drive setup (e.g. encrypted LVM setup) very easy and
painless.