> > From: James <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Cc: > Date: Sun, 01 Dec 2013 15:20:52 -0600 > Subject: Re: Ubuntu-GNOME Digest, Vol 9, Issue 31 > On 11/27/2013 06:00 AM, [email protected] wrote: > >> Send Ubuntu-GNOME mailing list submissions to >> [email protected] >> >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-gnome >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >> [email protected] >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at >> [email protected] >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >> than "Re: Contents of Ubuntu-GNOME digest..." >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. Ubungut Gnome Install process got problems (Ivan Vaselli) >> 2. Re: Ubungut Gnome Install process got problems (Ant?nio Pinto) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 20:51:24 +0100 >> From: Ivan Vaselli <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Ubungut Gnome Install process got problems >> Message-ID: >> <CAHXG=XQn5xtuAj=wjmbwudx57vmivjw4onz6ggumscbxr9t...@mail.gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >> >> I got a hp pavilion 15 e070sl laptop with windows 8. >> I left installed windows 8, disabled secure boot, fast boot and finally >> installed ubuntu gnome but boot used to freeze every time. >> I decided to reinsall, i selected "Delete Ubuntu 13.10 and reinstall" >> On reboot i got the same problem; >> I tried to install again but this time i selected "Other Methods" >> I then noticed that the previous instal process deleted EVERYTHING from >> the >> hard disk, EVERTYTHING. >> I lost a lot of work, so, please fix this bug so that others won't get >> those problems... >> -------------- next part -------------- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> URL: <https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-gnome/attachments/ >> 20131126/467243e9/attachment-0001.html> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 2 >> Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2013 11:28:57 +0000 >> From: Ant?nio Pinto <[email protected]> >> To: Ivan Vaselli <[email protected]>, >> [email protected] >> Subject: Re: Ubungut Gnome Install process got problems >> Message-ID: <[email protected]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 >> >> Hi Ivan, >> >> I'm sorry your installation went bad. >> >> I have a suggestion regarding your data. You can try and get it back >> using programs like foremost (that basically tries to undelete your >> data) with any Live CD Linux distribution. >> >> Regards, >> >> Ant?nio Pinto >> >> On 26-11-2013 19:51, Ivan Vaselli wrote: >> >>> I got a hp pavilion 15 e070sl laptop with windows 8. >>> I left installed windows 8, disabled secure boot, fast boot and finally >>> installed ubuntu gnome but boot used to freeze every time. >>> I decided to reinsall, i selected "Delete Ubuntu 13.10 and reinstall" >>> On reboot i got the same problem; >>> I tried to install again but this time i selected "Other Methods" >>> I then noticed that the previous instal process deleted EVERYTHING from >>> the hard disk, EVERTYTHING. >>> I lost a lot of work, so, please fix this bug so that others won't get >>> those problems... >>> >>> >>> >> >> ------------------------------ >> > It's a shame you lost your data. I recently convinced a friend with > Windows 8 on a Lenovo Think Pad to switch to Ubuntu, and the same thing > happened to him. The only sure-fire way to avoid the problem is to have > good backups. > This bug is an embarrassing one, though, because it can hurt confidence in > the OS itself.
Speaking of which, would it be at all possible to change the settings of that specific option to only wipe the partitions used by Ubuntu itself, or at least ignore the partition mounted at '/home' (or any subdirectories) if it is on its own partition? Or, if at all possible, only wipe any partition used by Ubuntu and not mounted on install (an example would be similar to on mine where I have '/os' as the mount point for my Windows C:\ drive)? Or let me put it another way: would it be possible to: 1. Ignore any partition mounted at a root level folder not made in install (as in not '/root', '/usr', '/sys', etc.), 2. Ignore any partition mounted as a subdirectory of '/mnt', and 3. Ignore any partition mounted as '/home' or any subdirectory? -- Isiah Meadows
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