On 11/11/10 15:51, alan c wrote:
[snip]
I got burned by a nasty bug in the live CD of 10.10 which has the
effect of wiping your whole hard drive if you should be so unlucky to
choose a particular install option relating to choosing a *partition*
(not the whole drive!).
[snip]
Bug #659106
On Thu, 2010-11-11 at 15:51 +, alan c wrote:
I got burned by a nasty bug in the live CD of 10.10 which has the
effect of wiping your whole hard drive if you should be so unlucky to
choose a particular install option relating to choosing a *partition*
(not the whole drive!).
Seen from
On 12 November 2010 09:22, Dianne Reuby pramc...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
On Thu, 2010-11-11 at 15:51 +, alan c wrote:
I got burned by a nasty bug in the live CD of 10.10 which has the
effect of wiping your whole hard drive if you should be so unlucky to
choose a particular install option
On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 9:35 AM, Colin Law clan...@googlemail.com wrote:
On 12 November 2010 09:22, Dianne Reuby pramc...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
On Thu, 2010-11-11 at 15:51 +, alan c wrote:
I got burned by a nasty bug in the live CD of 10.10 which has the
effect of wiping your whole hard drive
On 12 November 2010 09:57, Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com wrote:
Yes, but *what* particular sequence? Nobody has yet spelled it out,
AFAICS. I'd like to know so I can avoid it!
It's detailed in the bug report linked to in the first mail.
Al.
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I have to say that I installed Ubuntu 10.10 on a different partition
on the same disk as Windows XP and all went very smoothly with no
problems at all.
I can only ascertain from this that only certain hardware is affected.
Regards,
Andy.
On 12 November 2010 10:11, Alan Pope a...@popey.com
On 12/11/10 10:24, Andy Braben wrote:
I have to say that I installed Ubuntu 10.10 on a different partition
on the same disk as Windows XP and all went very smoothly with no
problems at all.
I can only ascertain from this that only certain hardware is affected.
I do not believe it is related
On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 10:11 AM, Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote:
On 12 November 2010 09:57, Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com wrote:
Yes, but *what* particular sequence? Nobody has yet spelled it out,
AFAICS. I'd like to know so I can avoid it!
It's detailed in the bug report linked to in the
On 12 November 2010 11:33, Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 10:11 AM, Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote:
On 12 November 2010 09:57, Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com wrote:
Yes, but *what* particular sequence? Nobody has yet spelled it out,
AFAICS. I'd like to know so I
I wasn't trying to install - I was just trying to run from LiveCD to
check for hardware issues. Although I chose that option, it chuntered
away for several minutes before I decided that it wasn't loading. When I
chose Cancel, it told me the installation was still in progress.
It left me thinking
On 12 November 2010 13:18, Dianne Reuby pramc...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
I wasn't trying to install - I was just trying to run from LiveCD to
check for hardware issues. Although I chose that option, it chuntered
away for several minutes before I decided that it wasn't loading. When I
chose Cancel,
On 12/11/10 09:57, Liam Proven wrote:
Yes, but *what* particular sequence? Nobody has yet spelled it out,
AFAICS. I'd like to know so I can avoid it!
It's listed in the bug in the original post.
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On 12/11/10 11:33, Liam Proven wrote:
On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 10:11 AM, Alan Popea...@popey.com wrote:
On 12 November 2010 09:57, Liam Provenlpro...@gmail.com wrote:
Yes, but *what* particular sequence? Nobody has yet spelled it out,
AFAICS. I'd like to know so I can avoid it!
It's
I use a lot of Live CDs, the Desktop editions. Mostly I distribute
them in various ways. The quantities are sometimes quite large. Also I
am active on various forums, acting in an outreach way, to give a
profile to GNU/Linux, particularly Ubuntu.
I am not a developer but I am an active
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