[Jaunty and Karmic] the installer by default proposes a wrong size for the Ubuntu partition (far too small)
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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partman-partitioning (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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High
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Colin Watson | ||
ubiquity (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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High
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Colin Watson |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: ubiquity
For beginners with Linux, the most commonly used installation of Ubuntu, is a dual boot with an existing Windows. When installing from the Live CD, the installer in Jaunty (and Karmic) then proposes a root partition size for Ubuntu, of only 2,5 GB. Even when there's plenty of space on a hard disk.
This is far too small. With only 2,5 GB available, you can't install updates or extra software. No space for that.
Of course it's easy to correct the proposed partition size by hand, using the slider that Ubiquity provides. But a Linux beginner won't know that, and will assume that the installer proposes an adequate partition size....
I suggest the following change to Ubiquity:
When the hard disk has enough space, ubiquity should propose a root partition size of 10 GB. In other words, 10 GB should be the default choice. This is a good workable minimum for most desktop users.
--edit:
I added that this happens when creating a dual boot with Windows.
--edit 2:
I added that this bug affects Karmic as well.
Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
description: | updated |
description: | updated |
tags: | added: karmic |
summary: |
- [Jaunty] the installer by default proposes a wrong size for the Ubuntu - partition (far too small) + [Jaunty and Karmic] the installer by default proposes a wrong size for + the Ubuntu partition (far too small) |
affects: | ubiquity (Ubuntu) → partman-auto (Ubuntu) |
tags: | added: iso-testing |
I already suggested a 10 GB default partition size for Ubuntu. Another option would be a *dynamic* partition size, using the same method that the Debian installer uses on the Alternate CD.
And there are still other possible options, of course. At this point I'm not so much interested in exactly which option will be chosen. As long as it produces a considerably larger default root partition size for Ubuntu, than the current 2,5 GB.