The prepare disk space (installation) seems to display the information incorrectly about the "side-by-side" option
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Release Notes for Ubuntu |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Colin Watson | ||
ubiquity (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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High
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: ubiquity
When installing Ubuntu 9.04 alpha 5 (Jaunty) 64bit from Live CD/USB, an incorrect preview of the partition setup is shown on the "Prepare disk space" step (Step 5 out of 8). This error only occurs if the user selects "Install them side-by-side, choosing between them each startup" option. When that option is selected the image preview of the hard drive partitions show Ubuntu taking up more than the available free space (see disk-partition-
Actually, when using this option several problem are displayed:
- The total pourcentage of all partitions created is then 129% (19%+64%
- The colour of the graphic at the bottom and the legend mismatch (or at least it seems)
- It seems that my second NTFS partition is resized
- It is then unclear what this option is and what is the difference with the option "Use the largest continuous free space"
To recapitulate:
- Correct previews occur when the "Use entire disk" option is selected
- An incorrect preview occurs when the "Use the largest continuous free space" option is selected, this bug has already been reported: bug #289663
- An incorrect preview occurs when the "Install them side-by-side, choosing between them each startup" option is selected, this is this bug report
All this has been tested on Jaunty alpha 5 Live. Note that I haven't try to go further to the next step, but I do not want to mess my partitions...
Related branches
Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
milestone: | none → ubuntu-9.04 |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Confirmed → Fix Committed |
Errata added for beta:
* In some cases, the "Prepare Disk Space" screen in the desktop installer displays obviously incorrect partition sizes in its graphical disk previews. This is only an error in the preview and does not reflect a problem with the partitioning changes that will actually be applied. Bug:336203
I'm leaving this bug at "Fix Committed" since bug 289663 has not been fixed yet and so there's a possibility that we might have to carry this over to the final release notes.