[Bug 1265192] Re: Install/reinstall wipes out all/other partitions

[Bruno Nova]

In case no one noticed, Clement Lefebvre has already provided a
fix/workaround, that rephrases that ambiguous label, in comments #38 and
#39 (direct link to fix:
https://github.com/linuxmint/ubiquity/commit/8bfc98e60cc80cefe7986774f3740a5b0530e364).

As the comment above says, the 1st point release will arrive in a few days.
So, I suggest that his fix is applied to the installer, tested and released ASAP!
This is a critical bug, after all, and several users have lost data already because of this.

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Title:
  Install/reinstall wipes out all/other partitions

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in “ubiquity” source package in Trusty:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Brand new Samsung laptop with UEFI. I had installed 13.04 Ubuntu but on reboot I never saw the 'grub' style menu. It just kept going into Windows 8.1.  So I got the 13.10 version (64 bit) and choose "Reinstall Ubuntu" (That may not be the exact text)
  It removed all the partiions including the recovery partitions. I do have a backup for the windows install, but I was very surprised that this happened.
  On a positive note I now have Ububtu up and running on my machine. 
  This is not my first time with Ubuntu. I have installed Ubuntu alongside WinXp, Vista and Windows 7. I've used Ubuntu desktop for over 6 years.
  If you would like me to try something to replicate this. .. I could shrink my existing partion make another one - reinstall and see if it whacks that one. I can do this now .. I'm still moving into this laptop so starting over is not so bad.

  Steve Devine

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