One more:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/488708/cannot-access-windows-after-re-installing-ubuntu-on-dual-boot-pc
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Reinstallation wipes
This is the worst experience I have ever had in many years of using
Linux.
I could have lost ALL my critical data on my 1 tb data. All I lost was a
week of work. But this bug is awful.
Several details I found by scouring the web:
1. It appears that Windows 8 and 8.1 partitions are NOT
My askubuntu post
http://askubuntu.com/questions/487825/why-does-ubuntu-delete-every-
partition-on-your-drive-without-asking-you/487831#487831
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Another one bites the dust:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2230503
Just one? Check out AskUbuntu at http://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged
/data-recovery (generic data-recovery tag, but most questions with that
tag are about installing Ubuntu over an existing partition or drive). If
Make that another. 14.04 install. I'm an experienced Ubuntu user. I
could have sworn that I had used Erase Ubuntu and reinstall in the
past to upgrade Ubuntu while leaving Windows (and any other) partitions
intact. Not this time. I'm guessing my recollection was wrong too; I
can't imagine the
Another one bites the dust:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2230503
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Reinstallation wipes out all/other partitions
To manage
Re-reading this thread, I see that what the installer is doing could be
unexpected. It isn't the same as Widnows installers, which generally
only by default destroy a targeted partition rather than the entire
disk. In either event, I recall there is at least one warning.
For installing Ubuntu,
R.C. Primak (bobprimak)
What is really needed, is for anyone attempting to install Ubuntu to find on
some prominently labeled Web Page
The problem is that people won't find or read the web page. All it would
take to fix this issue for the vast majority of new users is a final
popup
I have also seen too many people report that they have overwritten
partitions by mistake. it is very important include a very obvious
warning in the installer. A final popup box as suggested by Chris
Bainbridge would certainly help many users avoid overwriting data that
they intended to keep.
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Hi,
This is for the devs and the Ubuntu Installer Team:
We experienced this issue as well in Linux Mint. Our bug report is at
https://bugs.launchpad.net/linuxmint/+bug/1325786.
We decided to fix it by renaming Replace OS with.. with Erase disk
and install..:
Here's the fix, in case derivatives or upstream follow this report:
https://github.com/linuxmint/ubiquity/commit/8bfc98e60cc80cefe7986774f3740a5b0530e364
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Just my two cents worth.
An unsophisticated newbie would certainly consider this thread to be a
legitimate bug report. I won't argue otherwise.
You at Ubuntu are not alone in assuming too much knowledge on the part
of newbies and even many experienced users.
I come from a different background.
+1. I just opened a question in AskUbuntu about this issue:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/480993/ubuntu-erased-my-windows-when-i
-chose-to-replace-old-ubuntu-install
I tried to overwrite my Ubuntu 12.04 with 13.10 and it erased my Windows
7 and Ubuntu now occupies my entire HD.
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I second Mauricio Gracia.
I have, similarly, been toying with Linux since '98. And actually using
Ubuntu since 2010. I have also been a vocal Linux/Ubuntu evangaliser
until Unity and then Mint/Cinnamon evangaliser.
I was trying to convert my team at work to change over to Linux, when
this same
So the question is - Is it a bug or not? Does the option do what it is supposed
to do?
Just so you know, this bug is affecting also derivatives of ubuntu -
particularly Mint, here: http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=29t=159164
I think it's a bug, whether you like to admit it or not.
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So the question is - Is it a bug or not?
Regardless of what it is called, it is clearly a problem that affects a
significant number of novice users in a very destructive way, and that
should be reason enough for some action to be taken to improve the
situation.
Since I wrote the comment above,
Chris Bainbridge
I did post a question on AskUbuntu
http://askubuntu.com/questions/400594/why-remove-ubuntu-12-04-and-replace-it-with-ubuntu-13-10-means-to-use-all-of-t
but it was closed as off-topic by RolandiXor
I have been using Linux since 1998 and still was victim of this BUG. I
usully
Chris Bainbridge
I did post a question on AskUbuntu
http://askubuntu.com/questions/400594/why-remove-ubuntu-12-04-and-replace-it-with-ubuntu-13-10-means-to-use-all-of-t
but it was closed as off-topic by RolandiXor
I have been using Linux since 1998 and still was victim of this BUG. I
usully
@Erick: WT#? it gobbled your XP partition when you said upgrade ubuntu
12.04? Eek!
Data loss on partitioning is sadly common, just browsing AskUbuntu today
I counted 35 reports of people inadvertently deleting or formatting
their Windows partitions since the start of April --
@Erick: WT#? it gobbled your XP partition when you said upgrade ubuntu 12.04?
Eek!
Some please replicate this and see.
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I think this goes here. Replace Windows 8 option also erases entire
disk
I have HDD which until recently had two partitions: NTFS with legitimate
Windows 8 and ext4 with Fedora 20. I decided to install Ubuntu instead
of Windows, just to give Ubuntu a try. I took replace windows 8 option
(мy
I just got clobbered too :^(
I have an old box running a dual-boot of Win XP (to operate some
prehistoric genealogy software) and Ubuntu 12.04 that I decided to
upgrade to Lubuntu 14.04.
I'll attach a screenshot of the options offered, but I chose Upgrade
Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS to Lubuntu 14.04 LTS
Just tried again using the ubuntu-14.04-desktop-amd64.iso.
md5(dccff28314d9ae4ed262cfc6f35e5153).
Erase and reinstall wipes all partitions ntfs, ext4 logical/primary.
Both when replacing ubuntu 14.04 and when replacing 13.04
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I did not have that issue.
I replaced an 14.04 beta install with the final 14.04 ISO and that
reinstall Option in the installer. The win7 install and other partitions
were not touched.
Its a 32bit non-uefi netbook with a win 7 install and ubuntu not
encrypted with a seperate /home partition.
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Ok, here you have my /var/log/installer. I installed ubuntu alongside
windows 8 and then reinstalled ubuntu which erased everything including
efi and recovery partitions and made it's own efi partition and swap at
the end of the disk. If you need any more logs you have ~1,5h, then I'm
giving it to
erase ubuntu and reinstall is erase full disk and do a full disk
installation.
the label is a bit wrong if one happens to have a dual boot on that
particular drive (e.g. erase all OS on single drive and reinstall)
However it does says in BOLD RED Warning this will erase all your data,
Even if you have a single boot system, reinstall ubuntu or replace
windows silently erases all partitions on the hard drive.
@Dimitri
The warning does not unambiguously specify that ALL PARTITIONS including non-OS
partitions will be deleted. (e.g. a D: drive on windows or a separate /home
Indeed, the way the option is currently worded indicates that your
applications and data *within the ubuntu partition* will be removed, but
not everything else on the disk.
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Since I am the guy that origianally posted this bug I would like to give you
the perspective of a normal 'user'
I love Ubuntu and have used it for over 5 years. It really kinda breaks my
heart that this problem is still evident in the current installer. My laptop
came with no media and although
@psusi I managed to reproduce it 2 out of 2 times I tried on a virtual
box set up with a seperate home and / partition on the pre-existing
ubuntu install. It deleted the home partition.
Will put up the install logs shortly (as an aside can someone help
speedup this bug
Can some one please look over and clean up this page:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingUbiquity
I cant understand the deeper debugging section, and how is it different
from the What next section where it is suggested to launch ubiquity
with the -d flag.
How many of these need to be done / which
command line option at boot: debug-ubiquity
edited /bin/partman to contain set -x
started ubiquity with ubiquity -d
chose erase existing lubuntu and reinstall
previous partition layout: sda1: 4G / ; sda2 2G /home
new layout : sda1 4G / ; sda5 2G swap
logs:
/var/log/installer
/var/log/partman
I was able to reproduce this using those steps: install 13.10 with a
separate /home, then install 14.04 and pick the install along side
option. It discards /home and gives you the choice to balance the size
of the old and new root partitions.
** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
Status:
** Also affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu Trusty)
Importance: Critical
Assignee: Dimitri John Ledkov (xnox)
Status: Triaged
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Sorry, I jumped the gun. It was only the display that did not show the
/home partition; it was in fact, preserved.
** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu Trusty)
Status: Triaged = Incomplete
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After looking at those logs I thought the problem was too small of a
disk. It looked like partman realized it could not resize the existing
volumes to make enough room for a new install, then fell back to erasing
the whole disk. Unfortunately, I am not able to reproduce it, even
using a disk and
@ Phillip Susi (psusi)
He didn't choose the alongside option, he chose erase ubuntu and reinstall (I
may be wrong).
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Ahh, right, my fault. Yes, that does indeed do the wrong thing.
** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu Trusty)
Status: Incomplete = Triaged
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Is there any hope of making this truly replace OS with distro before
14.04 rolls out for good? (@brian-murray)
Failing that We need to remove the replace OS option with the Erase
disk option as this is unambiguous about what it does.
One way or another this bug HAS to be closed by then. Friendly
Since we can't reproduce it, we will need a copy of the installer logs
from someone who had this happen in order to proceed.
** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
Status: Triaged = Incomplete
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@ Phillip Susi (psusi)
In 1-2 weeks I'm going to give my laptop for repair and before this I will want
to wipe all my data so I can then reproduce the bug and give the logs if there
is no other person that can do it.
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@ James Eniti (jpeniti)
Please save /var/log/installer if you still can, it may be needed because it
was needed in the bug report I've written which is marked as a duplicate of
this bug now.
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It took some mucking about (modifying ubi-partman so that
calculate_reuse_option was called when there are 3 operating systems and
in that function setting final to True (since Trusty is not final)) but
I was able to test this situation. I choose to reinstall Ubuntu 14.04
and lose all my 14.04
** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
Assignee: (unassigned) = Dimitri John Ledkov (xnox)
** No longer affects: ubiquity
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I believe that it is a critical fault to write to the disk without detailing to
to user what you are about to do, and wait for confirmation.
I could have saved my disk if I had been asked about the partitions to remove.
It did not mention that it waws deleting my Win 8.1 , but wiped everything.
** Also affects: ubiquity
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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