Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: gparted
LIVE-CD offers three or four OPTIONS of partition-management,
The LAST option is described, roughly, as
"do your own partition management BY HAND, this is
dangerous".
When you choose this option, a GPARTED screen opens and you can mark the
existing partitions with
"mount points" and format/do-not-format.
(As I recall, I marked one partition for mounting as "/" and one other
as "swap").
AND THEN COMES A VERY UNHELPFUL MESSAGE, something like
"Your partitions marked with mount-points are in danger of being
destroyed."
A BETTER COMMUNICATION WOULD BE:
First: "Any partition that you marked in the preceding screen with a
"mount-point"
WILL BE OVERWRITTEN AND ALL INFORMATION IN THAT PARTITION WILL
BE LOST
Second: WHY NOT SHOW A FULL LIST OF ALL PARTITIONS SAYING stuff like:
/dev/sda1 [ntfs] 80 GB will be left untouched and undamaged
/dev/sda2 [ext3] 3GB will be left untouched and undamaged
/dev/sda3 [ext3] 25 GB will be left untouched and undamaged
/dev/sda4 [ext4] 75 GB
is marked for mounting as "/" and
will be REFORMATTED as "EXT4"
AND ALL INFORMATION ON THIS PARTITION WILL BE
OVERWRITTEN and LOST
/dev/sda5 [linux-swap] 5GB i
is formatted already as LINUX-SWAP and
will be used as the LINUX-SWAP partition
AND ALL INFORMATION ON THIS PARTITION WILL BE
OVERWRITTEN and LOST
if you wish to continue, CLICK "CONTINUE"
if you wish to stop cold turkey, CLICK "QUIT"
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: gparted 0.5.1-1ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic i686
Architecture: i386
CheckboxSubmission: 893fa21d7538c9adcbcad91631a630d8
CheckboxSystem: 2f91f630f64aae16ea34f264f1aefaa6
Date: Thu May 27 07:31:08 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gparted
** Affects: gparted (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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in LIVE-CD Installation, unhelpful instructions and warnings
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/586327
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