Partition sizes wrong in 5.10 Ubuntu Installation Guide
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu |
Invalid
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Low
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Unassigned | ||
| installation-guide (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Low
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Colin Watson | ||
Bug Description
In the "Ubuntu Installation Guide" distributed on the Edubuntu CD, "Partitioning Your Disks" (Section 6.3.2.1.) has incorrect partition sizes for hdb7 and hdb8. They should be M (megabytes) not G (gigabytes).
(From /doc/install/
IDE1 master (hda) - 6.4 GB WDC AC36400L
#1 primary 16.4 MB ext2 /boot
#2 primary 551.0 MB swap swap
#3 primary 5.8 GB ntfs
pri/log 8.2 MB FREE SPACE
IDE1 slave (hdb) - 80.0 GB ST380021A
#1 primary 15.9 MB ext3
#2 primary 996.0 MB fat16
#3 primary 3.9 GB xfs /home
#5 logical 6.0 GB ext3 /
#6 logical 1.0 GB ext3 /var
--> #7 logical 498.8 GB ext3
--> #8 logical 551.5 GB swap swap
#9 logical 65.8 GB ext
| description: | updated |
| Changed in ubuntu-docs: | |
| assignee: | nobody → ubuntu-doc |
| Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in ubuntu-docs: | |
| assignee: | ubuntu-doc → kamion |
| status: | Unconfirmed → Fix Released |
Thanks. This was fixed a little while ago upstream, and is now fixed in Dapper too as a result of merging the new installation guide:
r30158 | fjp | 2005-08-24 19:37:30 +0100 (Wed, 24 Aug 2005) | 1 line
Fix size of partitions so the total is actually somewhat correct