** Description changed: + Release note: + + If there is at least 5.2 GB of unpartitioned space available on a disk, + the installer will elect to create an Ubuntu partition in that space for + the "Install Ubuntu alongside ..." option. While the normal "Install + Ubuntu alongside ..." option has a second page for resizing a partition, + this variant does not. Pressing "Install Now" will immediately start + the installation. + + Original bug report follows: + Binary package hint: ubiquity This is really a continuation of bug 652852. Please just begin reading about post #35, and apologies in advance if I'm just being impatient. We've progressed greatly with this and I know it's not been easy for the ubuntu-installer team, particularly Colin and Evan, but I'm still concerned about the option to "use largest continuous free space" being lumped into "install alongside". I have read the spec provided by Evan: https://docs.google.com/View?id=dfkkjjcj_101gnkrpg5v#4_5_1_Automatic_partitioning_o_8475526086986065 Maybe I'm misunderstanding what this means, [maps to resize_use_free or use_biggest_free] ???????????? But ATM the fact is that "install alongside" will use as little as 10GB, which IMHO is good, but having chosen "alongside" and having no opportunity to verify what the installer is going to do certainly freaked me out the first time. Quite factually if adequate unallocated space exists and you choose "install alongside" the installation just begins - period! Several questions come to mind. I've not tried it yet but what if I had adequate free space on each of two drives? How about adequate free space on a USB flash drive? It just seems scary to have the installation begin with no idea what it's doing. Does that make sense? I'm just trying to avoid any nightmare scenarios for noobs. OT but I have tried the 'live-upgrade' and 'wubi-if-4-primaries-exist' options and they appear to work great, of course it's impossible to recreate every potential scenario. - --- + --- Architecture: i386 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110422) LiveMediaBuild_: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110422) Package: ubiquity 2.6.9 PackageArchitecture: i386 ProcEnviron: - LANGUAGE=en_US:en - PATH=(custom, no user) - LANG=en_US.UTF-8 - SHELL=/bin/bash + LANGUAGE=en_US:en + PATH=(custom, no user) + LANG=en_US.UTF-8 + SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2 ProcVersionSignature_: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2 Tags: natty natty Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups:
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/766265 Title: Natty ubiquity proceeds to use free space without warning -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
