A Look at the Ubuntu Installer

[Jonathan Musther]

Agreed.  I don't know why gparted was abandoned, it provided a more user
friendly way to do things.  I like the proposal here too!

On Jan 8, 2008 9:00 AM, Mackenzie Morgan <macoafi at gmail.com> wrote:

> Wow, that's very thorough.  I particularly like the partitioning
> suggestions, since that seems to be the hardest thing to explain, and
> Partman (that's what's in the new installer right?) feels uncomfortable.
> Switching from GParted to Partman resulted in a more geeky interface, IMO.
> I partition with GParted before starting the installer to avoid having to
> use Partman now, but that thing where the live system auto-mounts the
> partitions after you make them (which you showed in there) is really
> annoying since it often fails on making the filesystem because of it (I'm
> always racing to unmount the partitions as fast as possible).
>
>
> On Jan 7, 2008 2:16 PM, Thorsten Wilms <t_w_ at freenet.de> wrote:
>
> > Hi!
> >
> > I did a walk-through and compiled issues, suggestions and several
> > mockups regarding the Ubuntu installation:
> >
> > http://thorwil.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/ubuntu_installer_thorwil.pdf
> >
> > Any comments welcome. I'm willing to refine things where and if there's
> > interest. I could file requests if that's deemed helpful.
> >
> > The document is actually a bit older, but I decided to wait past the
> > holidays ;)
> >
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