Re: Ubuntu erased my whole hard drive

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From: Unruh
Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2007 18:13

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"dennis@home" <dennis@killspam.kicks-ass.net> writes:


>"caver1" <caver@inthemud.com> wrote in message 
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>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.

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