[Bug 234978] Re: Installer formats /boot even when told not to

[Dave Gilbert]

Confirmed: Multiple reporters
Critical: Deletes data that it was told not to

(OK, so it's ancient, but it's Hardy and afaik that's still supported,
don't know if it's been fixed in the meantime)

** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Critical

** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

-- 
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Foundations Bugs, which is subscribed to ubiquity in Ubuntu.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/234978

Title:
  Installer formats /boot even when told not to

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  During installation I selected a /boot partition which I had
  previously setup. It contained a few files which I had carefully given
  unique names so that Ubuntu wouldn't overwrite them. I instructed the
  installer to NOT format the partition, but lo and behold upon reboot
  it looks like it has!

  This could have serious consequences if the same bug crops up for
  other partitions.

  This is in the latest LTS Desktop AMD64 installer CD ISO downloaded
  from linux.citylink.co.nz.

  I was expecting the installer to just dump the ubuntu kernel in to
  /boot amongst the existing files. Instead it formatted the partition
  THEN installed the kernel.

To manage notifications about this bug go to:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/234978/+subscriptions