Public bug reported:
I have an Dell Inspiron 1420. I have Windows Vista on my first partition
(sda1). I am installing Gutsy on sda2 as / and sda5 as swap. I hibernate
vista and go to install gutsy by booting from the cd.
I choose the manual install option. I create a ext3 partition and a swap
partition in my spare space on the drive. The NTFS drive is auto-
detected and I choose it to be mounted on /windows. I go next next next,
fill in all the normal details, and click the install button. The
'preview' of what partitions will be effected does NOT include my
windows partition.
It then formats the ext3 partition, puts 800 some odd mb's of files on
it, but fails to mount the windows partition.
It gives no reasons why. It then asks me if I want to go back to the
partitioner or continue.
This is one part of the bug report, for the message says I can 'Go Back'
to the partitioner, or I can 'Continue'. However hitting EITHER button
brings me back to the partitioner. Continue does NOT ignore the error
and continue the install.
The second part of the issue is that if I abandon the install and
restart, its all ready ruined my MBR preventing me from booting Vista
and shutting it down properly instead of hibernating.
The installer should check if it can mount the drives which will not be
formatted BEFORE formatting and installing its own MBR.
** Affects: ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Installer fails if windows on another partition is hibernated
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/156477
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