** Summary changed:

- Does not allow installation via manual partition editing to scdb
+ Does not allow installation via manual partition editing to sdb

** Description changed:

  Binary package hint: ubiquity
  
- I partitioned the USB HDD (scdb) and assigned each partition to its
+ [USER ERROR - there is no bug. See next post.]
+ 
+ I partitioned a USB HDD (sdb) and assigned each partition to its
  appropriate mounting point. When proceding, the application informed me
  it would reformat the sda4 partition, which was already the 'swap'
  partition - on the wrong device. I had already asked it to make a swap
- partition on sdb4. But what's the harm in reformating a swap partition?
+ partition on sdb4. But what's the harm in reformatting a swap partition?
  So I continue and it says there is an error because '/' is not assigned.
  It seems that has to do with the confusion of the two hard drives.
  
  I thought maybe if I make slightly different changes (like selecting the
  reformat checkbox for sdb4 [swap]) and confirm I am following the
- programs instructions, then the program might install to scdb. It did
- not work, and after some time I recieved an error message containing
- this:
+ programs instructions, then the program might install to sdb. It did not
+ work, and after some time I recieved an error message containing this:
  
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/usr/bin/ubiquity", line 130, in ?
      install(sys.argv[1])
    File "/usr/bin/ubiquity", line 55, in install
      ret = wizard.run()
    File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ubiquity/frontend/gtkui.py", line 
266, in run
      self.process_step()
    File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ubiquity/frontend/gtkui.py", line 
747, in process_step
      step = self.step_name(self.steps.get_current_page())
    File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ubiquity/frontend/gtkui.py", line 
428, in step_name
      return self.steps.get_nth_page(step_index).get_name()
  AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'get_name'

** Tags added: label volume

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Does not allow installation via manual partition editing to sdb
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/198643
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