Re: Ubuntu erased my whole hard drive

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From: Unruh
Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2007 18:15

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Gordon <gbplinux@gmail.com.invalid> writes:

>Summercool wrote:
>> http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/browse_thread/thread/4e798345b0867259/a47e92401f123e53#a47e92401f123e53
>>> Installing Ubuntu erased the whole hard drive without warning
>> 
>> 
>> Partition merely means dividing the data.  

>No it doesn't - it's got NOTHING to do with "dividing the data" 
>(whatever THAT means....)

Agreed. It means dividing the disk, not the data. It is like putting up
boundaries to decide countries.

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