Re: Ubuntu erased my whole hard drive

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From: Rick
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 20:53

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On Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:43:46 +0100, dennis@home wrote:

)snip)
> 
> It has to but it does warn the user in plain English that they will lose
> data if thats what they do.
> Linux does not warn the user in plain English in any distro I have
> installed.
> It may be fine for someone like me that would probably have clicked on
> expert mode and done it manually anyway but its not much use for
> newbies.
(snip)

What were the last 3 distros you installed? What distro do you use?



-- 
Rick

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