Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: ubiquity
I just had the Ubuntu Natty installer completly wipe out my Windows
install.
I chose the option to "Erase Natty and install 11.04". It gave no
confirmation of exactly what it was going to do to the partitions. I
clicked okay to erase Natty, and it wiped out the whole drive.
(Thankfully, this is a secondary system, so all I've lost is the time I
spent setting up Windows 7.)
I believe I had a partial Natty installation (installation failed even
before grub, due to LiveUSB squashfs errors), so I was thinking it would
erase just that -- but nope, apparently Windows 7 is "Windows Natty".
Oddly enough, there was another entry for "Upgrade Natty to 11.04"; now
I'm wondering whether it was going to upgrade that broken install, or
somehow try to upgrade Windows.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: ubiquity (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-5.32-generic 2.6.38-rc6
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-5-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Mar 19 11:36:21 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha i386 (20110302)
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_US:en
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: apport-bug i386 natty
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Title:
"Erase Natty" wording DANGEROUSLY misleading
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