possible bug in the Ubuntu installer

[Elfy]

On 03/02/14 08:37, Nio Wiklund wrote:
> Hi,
>
> And it happened again ... this time the poor newbie asks:
>
> 'p.s. please have less ambiguous instructions during the installation. I
> seriously had no idea that option I chose was going to remove Windows.. '
>
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2203184
>
> Oldfred at the Ubuntu Forums refers to the bug report
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1265192
>
> and there is also
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1256874
>
> *We need to do something*
>
> Best regards
> Nio
>
> 2014-01-30 10:20, Nio Wiklund skrev:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Another case where a user has overwritten Windows by mistake ... or
>> because the Ubuntu installer gave wrong information.
>>
>> See this link
>>
>> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2202595&p=12914574#post12914574
>>
>> and that whole thread. Can it be like I suspect, that it is possible to
>> select 'install alongside Windows' or 'install inside Windows' and then
>> select encrypting the drive, so that Ubuntu grabs the whole drive?
>>
>> In there a choice at all in Ubuntu 13.10 to 'install inside Windows'?
>>
>> I remind you about this Launchpad bug report
>>
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1256874
>>
>> Best regards
>> Nio
>>
>
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