[ubuntu-uk] Special bugs, and Live CDs. Help with this Bug please?

[Dianne Reuby]

On Thu, 2010-11-11 at 15:51 +0000, alan c wrote:
> I got burned by a nasty bug in the live CD of 10.10 which has the 
> effect of wiping your whole hard drive if you should be so unlucky to 
> choose a particular install option relating to choosing a *partition* 
> (not the whole drive!).
> 
> Seen from a Developers point of view this 'frozen' bug is hardly 
> relevant. 

Good job they aren't giving them out to friends then. I was lucky -
because I've run from LiveCD often, I thought it was taking much too
long to start the live demo, and cancelled. Then I got the message
saying that the install hadn't finished!

I've sent texts and emails to those who I have given a copy to - just
glad I didn't give any out at the demo day.

Yes, people should have backups - but that doesn't mean we can wipe
their hard drives for them!

Dianne