🚀 go-pugleaf

On Sat, 20 Oct 2007 20:22:23 +0100, dennis@home wrote:

> "Unruh" <unruh-spam@physics.ubc.ca> wrote in message
> news:fzrSi.22002$GO5.6664@edtnps90...
>> "dennis@home" <dennis@killspam.kicks-ass.net> writes:
>>
>>
>>>"caver1" <caver@inthemud.com> wrote in message
>>>news:%23QMATTYEIHA.3332@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>
>>
>>>8<
>>
>>>Anyway we will forget licenses as that is irrelevant.
>>
>>>Having downloaded Ubuntu 7.10 and finally got it to start installing I
>>>notice that I get the same warning screen (identical AFAICS) if I
>>>select use
>>>the whole disk or if I select use the biggest free space.
>>
>>
>>>The partition tables of the following devices are changed: SCSI1
>>>(0,0,0)(sda)
>>
>>>The following partitions are going to be formatted: partition #1 of
>>>SCSI1(,0,0)(sda) as ext3 partition #5 of SCSI1(0,0,0)(sda) as swap
>>><<<<<<<<<
>>
>>>For use entire disk
>>
>>>and
>>
>>
>>>The partition tables of the following devices are changed: SCSI1
>>>(0,0,0)(sda)
>>
>>>The following partitions are going to be formatted: partition #1 of
>>>SCSI1(0,0,0)(sda) as ext3 partition #5 of SCSI1(0,0,0)(sda) as swap
>>
>>><<<<<<<<<<<
>>
>>
>>>For use largest free space.
>>
>>
>>>One will erase my windows server 2008 one won't.
>>
>>>Does anyone still think the warnings are OK?
>>
>>
>> The problem is NOT there. There problem is when the partitions were
>> created. Once they have been createdi so as to cover your Win
>> partition, the ball game is over.
>> The place that the warning should occur is when you tell it to use the
>> whole disk.
>>
>>
> As they are the warnings they are the problem. There may be a need for
> more warnings or just a better partitioner but that is an addition.

.. or maybe if you don't know why you are partitioning,  you shouldn't.



-- 
Rick