Blood Lesson WARNING re "WARTY" Install

Jason Straight jason at jeetkunedomaster.net
Wed May 11 12:53:36 UTC 2005


What a load of crap. I've installed ubuntu on no less than 7 machines, some of 
which I even used ubuntu to RESIZE THE NTFS AND FAT PARTITIONS that windows 
was on, never lost a single windows.

Please ask before you assume, if you don't know how to use a tool it's not the 
fault of the tool.

On Monday 09 May 2005 10:24, vailima wrote:
> If I may suggest ....
>
> BEFORE ... PRIOR TO ... installing UBUNTU onto your main (or only)
> microcomputer, do yourself a favor and either;
>
> (1) Purchase a Card Reader with the appropriate number of Memory Cards as
> may be needed to store all your valuable data files or
>
> (2) purchase a new and large enough hard drive with the associated cables
> (see eBay) with which you can attach this new hard drive to your present
> computer,
>
> .. then down load and store all files and associated data which are of
> value to you.
>
> I suggest this as "WARTY" UBUNTU will destroy/write over/delete/remove ALL
> files currently on your hard drive. Unlike Mandrake, "WARTY" UBUNTU will
> NOT reside with another operating system on the same hard drive.
>
> I found this out the hard way ... only I had and have backup files and data
> stored on other microcomputers which I own.

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