[Bug 404758] Re: Possible to have Ubiquity manual partitioning show a different filesystem while "format" is unchecked

[Marcus Tomlinson]

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

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Title:
  Possible to have Ubiquity manual partitioning show a different
  filesystem while "format" is unchecked

Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  My disk has two partitions, / and /home.  When I was installing Karmic
  alpha 3 I wanted to format / and use (but not format) /home.  I do
  this by manual partitioning.

  The problem is that I can set the dialog pulldowns to an inconsistent
  state without any blurring.  For instance I can select "format as" and
  change  it from "do not use" to "ext3", but not check the format box
  (the partition is ext4).

  Instead I suggest reordering the boxes - the mount point is more
  important than the filesystem type, so put that first and put the "do
  not use" there.  Then I click do not use and change it to /home.  The
  "filesystem type" should then be grayed out (defaulting to its current
  filesystem) unless I check the format button.

  
  So: currently:

  Filesystem:  (do not use)   ->  (ext4)
  Format?  (unchecked) -> (checked)
  Mount point: (empty) -> (/home)

  Proposed:

  Mount point: (do not use) -> (/home)
  Format?  (unchecked) -> (checked)
  Filesystem:  (current)   ->  (new filesystem only if format is checked)

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