[Bug 987956] Re: Installer Deletes Contents from Separate HOME partition without WARNING!
John M.K.
987956 at bugs.launchpad.net
Thu Apr 26 09:12:23 UTC 2012
@Colin
/dev/sda7 is root (/)
/dev/sda5 is home (/home)
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Title:
Installer Deletes Contents from Separate HOME partition without
WARNING!
Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
Incomplete
Bug description:
I installed Ubuntu (applies to both 11.10 and 12.04) with a separate
partition for the root and home directory. I chose to only partition
the root directory.
After installation, I always ended up with a HOME partition with
deleted contents! I just lost all the data therein without warning,
which IMO is not something to take lightly.
I can understand why it is necessary to restructure from scratch the
HOME directory, but I see no reason whatsoever as to why the existing
contents should not be backed up under a new directory ($HOME/OLD or
whatever). Or at least informing the user about what is coming up
before he finalizes his choice!
Anyways, the whole Idea with a separate HOME partition is to be able to reinstall distributions without having to backup your data. If the Installer cannot be 100%
trusted about not messing with your files, backing it up is unavoidable, and a
separate HOME partition is rendered more or less useless...
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: ubiquity (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Apr 24 20:57:18 2012
InstallCmdLine: noprompt cdrom-detect/try-usb=true persistent file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120423)
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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