[Bug 927917] [NEW] Changing a partition type from ext3 to ext4 with Formatting unchecked in Ubuntu 12.1 installer formatted the partitions and erased everything

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I installed Ubuntu 12.1 on my linux server. There were two ext3
partitions. In the old days, when  I changed from ext2 to ext3, it could
be done easily without changing any file on the drive. I thought it is
the same situation in the latest Ubuntu installer, and I changed the
partition type from ext3 to ext4, but the Format partition option was
unchecked, not to erase the data. When started installing, Ubuntu
formatted all the two partitions and erased all my last 14 years data
without asking anything. I do not think this should be the normal
behaviour. The installer should alert the user when changing the
partition type without Formatting checked that all the data will be
erased, or whatever.

** Affects: partman-base (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Changing a partition type from ext3 to ext4 with Formatting unchecked in Ubuntu 12.1 installer formatted the partitions and erased everything
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/927917
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