I agree with this. I'm quite familiar with Ubuntu and have installed it many times on many machines. Nevertheless, the last time I was to install it on a laptop in which with dual boot, I felt very unsecure about the partitioning options.
I'm talking about this step: http://news.softpedia.com/images/extra/LINUX/small /ubuntu904installation-small_007a.png The problem is the following: 1 - I clearly wanted to "Install them side by side, chosin betwen them on startup" However, by looking at the options, it was not clear to me where to change the partion size of the new Ubuntu installation. That is because the partition size setter (below), seems to be part of the "Specify partitions manually (advanced)" option. At that moment, I didn't know if by clicking "Next" I would be writting the 2.5 partiton to the disk or chosing the size of the partition for Ubuntu. The bar indicating the Ubuntu partition size has any meaning if one choses other option than "install them side by side"? Therefore, the bar showing the partition sizes should be below the first option, not below all of them. Furthermore, a more clear separator between the options should be present, so that one can clearly perceive what is going to be the result of chosing one of them. -- Ubuntu's installer's partition manager is too ambiguous https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/373932 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
