[Bug 1080164] Re: kubuntu 12.10 installer partitioned the internal disk after selection of the external one - and without request for confirmation or way to abort

[ingolf.schaefer]

Just changed the bug to the correct target: ubiquity-frontend-kde.

** Package changed: ubuntu => ubiquity (Ubuntu)

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Title:
  kubuntu 12.10 installer partitioned the internal disk after selection
  of the external one - and without request for confirmation or way to
  abort

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I started the laptop with a USB-Stick created with unetbooting from
  the kubuntu 12.10 image.

  Then I selected “Install Kubuntu”.

  When I was presented with the disk-selection dialog, I plugged in the
  external disk. It showed up and I selected it in the drop-down menu.

  Suddenly the screen flickered and the installer asked me to provide
  personal information while showing “partitioning disk” and “ext4
  [something]” above with no abort button.

  I provided the personal information, hoping that the installer just
  skipped confirmation, because the external disk was unpartitioned.

  When the installer finished, I got into KDE and checked the used disk.
  To my horror I realized that the installer had repartitioned the
  internal disk, erasing all data in the progress.

  Now I’m running testdisk to recover the user data.

  This is a critical bug and might have caused permanent deletion of
  personal data. And it could scar users forever, so they would never
  let any *buntu near their computer again.

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