[Bug 376765] Re: Partition Problems with Install Process with 9.04

[Colin Watson]

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Title:
  Partition Problems with Install Process with 9.04

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I want two 320 GB hard drives to have three Ubuntu partitions each,
  with VirtualBox installed and Windows 2000 Pro or other OS set up on
  each as a guest.  The idea is to make each it so that each VDI
  includes a lot of disk space.

  First install for Ubuntu went well enough.  Only one drive showed up
  though, but there were two images of it on the partitioning choice
  screen.  I selected Manual, then used that to divide the disk into
  three large partitions for Ubuntu, and had three more for swaps.  Each
  partition install would get its own swap as a resulot.  So six
  partitions in all for that drive.

  So far so good.  But the installer lost it on the second install,
  because the drive was now divided into six partitions, and the display
  was too long.  There were two horizontal scroll bars for each drive,
  but again only one drive was displayed in the two locations.  But now
  the Forward button was too far to the right to appear on the screen.
  I could not find a way around this.  Going back instead, I found each
  of the proceeding screens had now widen so much that the Forward
  button on each was now off screen as well.  So you can go back, or
  quit, but you cannot go forward.

  So, two problems:  Two hard drives, but only one displayed, and shows
  up twice.  And when enough disk space is involved, the buttrons on the
  bottom of the screen can get pushed so far to the right that they go
  off screen.  Why not put the Back/Quit/Forward buttons at about the
  center of the screen and independent of the right border?

  I also noted that there are some options missing with regards to the
  partitioner.  These include:

  No way to designate an existing partition as the target for an Ubuntu
  install.  The choices are limited to reusing the whole drive, dividing
  up the free disk space equally, or opt to go manual.  Manual is too
  advanced for most users to attempt.  A few more choices might be
  better, such as (R) Replace existing install of Windows or other OS on
  an identified partition, (I) Install Ubuntu on some portion of
  remaining free space, or (S) Set up Ubuntu as an application as part
  of the existing OS (the last choice might be a bit tricky to
  implement, but if you can do it, that might be welcomed).

  Oh yes, if any one of the installer's screens wants to go off the deep
  end in this manner, why not provide a driver disk so that some effort
  to upgrade the screen resolution beyond 800x600 is possible?  If there
  is enough RAM involved, the changes could be temporary, or the drivers
  could be also added during the final stages of the install as the
  default settings for video.

  It bugs me that the installer just assumed that only one hard drive
  was involved.  At least it appears that is what it did, or it simply
  failed to present the second drive properly, just showing the data for
  the first (or second) one over again.  Even the drive designations for
  each partition was exactly the same between the top and bottom
  showings.

  Incidently, I did report this on the forums yesterday, but on
  reconsideration, felt it was worth the added effort to work out how to
  submit a bug report.  It took me a long tme to find where i could
  actually write up and submit this report,  though many references were
  turned up in my Google search.

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