[Bug 471697] Re: Ubiquity takes user to manual partitioning if no hard disks detected

[Brian Murray]

** Tags added: ubiquity-2.0.8

** Tags added: karmic

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Title:
  Ubiquity takes user to manual partitioning if no hard disks detected

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: ubiquity

  Normally Ubiquity presents a user with the suggested hard disk
  configurations, and going to the manual partitioner is only an option.

  If no hard disks are detected, Ubuntu instead takes the user to the manual partitioner and does not make it clear that no hard disks were detected. This is a usability issue in a situations such as these:
  1. A novice user buys a computer at a flea market. The hard drive is actually defective (or perhaps it is unplugged,) but he has no way of knowing this. He burns an Ubuntu desktop CD and starts the install. He does not know what to do when presented with the empty manual partitioner.
  2. A novice user buys a bleeding edge computer with his hard disk hooked up to a brand new storage controller. That storage controller is not supported by Ubuntu. He burns an Ubuntu desktop CD and starts the install. He does not know what to do when presented with the empty manual partitioner.

  ProblemType: Bug
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Mon Nov  2 15:55:21 2009
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
  Package: ubiquity 2.0.8
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686
  XsessionErrors:
   (gnome-settings-daemon:4109): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
   (gnome-settings-daemon:4109): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
   (nautilus:4168): Eel-CRITICAL **: eel_preferences_get_boolean: assertion `preferences_is_initialized ()' failed
   (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:4191): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed

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