** Summary changed: - 10.04 and 10.10 Install formatted ext3 partition (data lost) + Changing fs type should show the format option as checked since it will be formatted
** Description changed: - Binary package hint: ubiquity - - I have installed 10.04 yesterday. My system already had running 9.10 - with following partitions. - - / (ext4) - /home (ext3) - - While installing I chose to format / and not to format /home but chosen - wrong partition type for /home i.e. ext4. Install was smooth but I - realized that installer actually had formatted (or converted ?) my ext3 - /home to ext4 /home wiping out all the data. I think even if I have - specified ext4 by mistake, why should installer format my partition when - I have specifically not asked for it. At the most it should try to mount - it as ext4 and the bell out. - - I don't know what would you do in order to fix this but it would be - great help if there is a way to undo this. This has hit more people I - guess, see http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=8195037&postcount=1 . - Also I am following good https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DataRecovery - . - - Thanks for all the good work guys but this particularly is very scary. + If you select a different filesystem type for a partition it forces it + to be formatted, but this is not clear because the format check box does + not become checked. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/579866 Title: Changing fs type should show the format option as checked since it will be formatted To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/579866/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
