Hello Paul Sadly I have no more info for you, because Ubuntu didn't last very long on my computer after this debacle.
I managed to recover a fair bit, but also lost some stuff which I thought I had backed up (the backup turned out to be too old). The scenario was: Three physical drives in the same machine (all with 2 partitions. Drive two had two valid partitions (both Windows XP). The intended Ubuntu to install on the first (physical partition). For some time I couldn't get it to install, but after a while (using different choices during the install), I managed to to get a clean install. However, when I booted back into windows, the second (Windows XP) partitition had also been claimed by Ubuntu and overwritten part of it. In my books any OS should respect the partition table and refuse to overwrite another OS's partition. Clearly some work to do yet ;-) Paul Dufresne wrote: > Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make > Ubuntu better. Unfortunately we can't start working on it yet, because > your description didn't include enough information. > > Please include the information requested at [WWW] > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingUbiquity/AttachingLogs as separate > attachments by visiting your bug's web page. > > The following files seems the most important: > /var/log/partman > /var/log/syslog > > Thanks in advance. > > ** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu) > Status: New => Incomplete > > -- Frank Fontein 23 Rossmore Terrace Christchurch 8022 New Zealand PO Box 22-196 Christchurch 8142 New Zealand Phone: +64 3 351 1945 Fax: +64 3 351 1948 Mobile: +64 27 351 1945 -- partition ignorance https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/160900 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
