[Bug 262504] Re: manual partitioner automatically selects "format" when changing file system, without warning

[Marcus Tomlinson]

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** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
       Status: Triaged => Incomplete

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Title:
  manual partitioner automatically selects "format" when changing file
  system, without warning

Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: ubiquity

  I was installing Intrepid Kubuntu Alpha 4 from the LiveCD onto a
  multiboot system. I chose MANUAL PARTITIONING. After selecting EDIT
  PARTITION for my /boot partition, I accidentally chose the wrong file
  system from the drop down box. It was only later that I noticed that
  FORMAT PARTITION had a grayed-out X in the box. Fortunately I saw it
  and figured out the error and was able to cancel out then start again.

  I think  manual partitioning would be much safer if it warned the user
  when the installer decides to format a partition when the user had not
  actively requested it. (I had very intentionally left the format
  partition box unchecked because I didn't want my boot partition wiped
  out!)

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