Public bug reported:
I have been advised that the ubiquity package is where this request
should end up.
Adding Linux to an existing hard drive with Windows / NTFS format
already present magically adds a partition type of NTFS to the "Use As"
pick list. Thus one can establish mount points for the copy of Windows
already present on the drive.
However it is not possible to pick NTFS when the partition is not pre-
existing.
Thus to restore a partition backed up with NTFS3G / ntfsclone, one
cannot prepare those partitions and mount points during installation of
Linux.
This has been a challenges for quite many versions which have included
NTFS3G and ntfsclone, as it has been fully possible to backup / restore
Windows images using Linux... just not to be able to set the mount
points during the Linux OS installation.
Please lift this slight restriction, allowing blank drives to be loaded
in a Dual-Boot configuration utilizing for the Windows half an NTFS3G /
ntfsclone prepared image.
If you can drop this into a daily, please let me know when that has been
done and I will pull down an xubuntu daily image to test / verify.
Thank you! :-)
** Affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Title:
Support ntfs partition type for brand new blank hard drives
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