I had to satisfy my curiosity this AM, so using the new 20110422 i386 image I first copied all of my data off of my 4GB flash drive (the only one I have ATM) and chose the install alongside option. Fairly typical partition scheme for me otherwise:
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo parted -l Model: ATA WDC WD5000AAKS-0 (scsi) Disk /dev/sda: 500GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: msdos Number Start End Size Type File system Flags 1 32.3kB 43.3GB 43.3GB primary ext4 boot 2 43.3GB 86.2GB 42.8GB primary ext3 3 86.2GB 129GB 43.0GB primary ext3 4 129GB 500GB 371GB extended 18 129GB 151GB 21.8GB logical ext4 14 151GB 172GB 21.1GB logical ext4 15 172GB 193GB 21.1GB logical ext4 16 193GB 215GB 21.4GB logical ext4 17 215GB 236GB 21.4GB logical ext4 13 236GB 258GB 22.0GB logical ext4 12 258GB 280GB 21.6GB logical ext3 11 280GB 301GB 21.7GB logical ext4 10 301GB 323GB 21.8GB logical ext4 5 323GB 374GB 50.8GB logical ext3 19 374GB 377GB 3208MB logical fat32 20 377GB 378GB 1089MB logical ext3 6 378GB 432GB 53.6GB logical ext3 7 432GB 487GB 54.9GB logical ext3 8 487GB 498GB 10.7GB logical ext3 9 498GB 500GB 2517MB logical linux-swap(v1) Model: ATA WDC WD800JB-00JJ (scsi) Disk /dev/sdb: 80.0GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: msdos Number Start End Size Type File system Flags 1 1049kB 77.9GB 77.9GB primary ext4 2 77.9GB 80.0GB 2136MB extended 5 77.9GB 80.0GB 2136MB logical linux-swap(v1) Model: Crucial Gizmo! (scsi) Disk /dev/sdc: 4010MB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: msdos Number Start End Size Type File system Flags Warning: Unable to open /dev/sr0 read-write (Read-only file system). /dev/sr0 has been opened read-only. Error: /dev/sr0: unrecognised disk label Then it appeared to proceed w/o warning as I'm accustomed to, and the message displayed in the first attached screenshot appeared so I was fairly sure that it was going to use the 4GB flash drive. I then clicked on Continue to be certain, and sure as the world it partitioned the flash drive as shown in the second screenshot attached. So, I think this could be a real problem, eh? At the very least worth a mention in the release notes. ** Attachment added: "Screenshot.png" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/766265/+attachment/2082611/+files/Screenshot.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/766265 Title: Natty ubiquity proceeds to use free space without warning -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
