[Bug 927917] Re: Changing a partition type from ext3 to ext4 with Formatting unchecked in Ubuntu 12.1 installer formatted the partitions and erased everything

2012-02-06 Thread Andras Szigethy
Well, I just saw the unchecked - but ok, maybe disabled and just a bit more gray - Format checkbox, but... :) I used the Ubuntu 12.1 DVD graphical installer. (ubuntu-11.10-desktop-i386.iso 729.1MB) I used the Install Ubuntu - or whatever - option when booting. -- You received this bug notificati

[Bug 927917] Re: Changing a partition type from ext3 to ext4 with Formatting unchecked in Ubuntu 12.1 installer formatted the partitions and erased everything

2012-02-06 Thread Colin Watson
Could you please clarify whether you were using the text (server/alternate CD) or graphical (desktop CD) installer? It does matter somewhat as this bug is essentially about presentational issues. ** Changed in: partman-base (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => High ** Changed in: partman-base (U

[Bug 927917] Re: Changing a partition type from ext3 to ext4 with Formatting unchecked in Ubuntu 12.1 installer formatted the partitions and erased everything

2012-02-06 Thread Colin Watson
Well, the basic behaviour here is by design - *any* filesystem change in the installer will result in formatting, and I think if you had looked closely you'd have seen that the option to format or not was in fact disabled. However, I'm sorry for your data loss (although I thoroughly recommend back