On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 18:58, Arno Wagner <arno@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Dear all,
I just sent the email below to ubuntu-bugsquad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.
I did not find another way to report a bug without installing
Ubuntu (which am an not about to do). If somebody knows a better
way or has Ubuntu installed and can file this directly for the
installer package, please feel free.
I hope this communicates the problem adequately.
Arno
As far as I know (I'm an Ubuntu user, with a little experience) you can choose between automatic and manual partitioning; partitioning options are shown here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GraphicalInstall and the partition step in the installation process is fully described here: https://help.ubuntu.com/10.10/installation-guide/i386/module-details.html#di-partition
If you choose automatic partitioning, you will lose the content of your disks, but the system warns you; if you choose manual partitioning and delete the dm-crypt partitions to make new ones, I don't see how the installer can warn you, aside from telling you you're destroying a partition (and if you choose manual partitioning, you should know what can happen, otherwise you shouldn't use it).
In order to use encrypted disks, the installer needs to write the partition table: before doing it, it warns you that when writing the partition table changes will be written on the disk and you may lose your data.
In _my_ opinion, the process is quite clear. I see that there may be problems, but, well (and with this I don't mean to offend anybody, because I made really stupid mistakes with encrypted partitions) if you don't read what you're doing, it's not an Ubuntu problem; like if you type that uppercase YES while luksFormat-ting a partition and then complain that it should have warned you better...
Claudio
If you choose automatic partitioning, you will lose the content of your disks, but the system warns you; if you choose manual partitioning and delete the dm-crypt partitions to make new ones, I don't see how the installer can warn you, aside from telling you you're destroying a partition (and if you choose manual partitioning, you should know what can happen, otherwise you shouldn't use it).
In order to use encrypted disks, the installer needs to write the partition table: before doing it, it warns you that when writing the partition table changes will be written on the disk and you may lose your data.
In _my_ opinion, the process is quite clear. I see that there may be problems, but, well (and with this I don't mean to offend anybody, because I made really stupid mistakes with encrypted partitions) if you don't read what you're doing, it's not an Ubuntu problem; like if you type that uppercase YES while luksFormat-ting a partition and then complain that it should have warned you better...
Claudio
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