Comment 17 for bug 176343

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Vikram Dhillon (dhillon-v10) wrote : Re: [Bug 176343] Re: Switching From Windows guide needs to explain the guided partitioning option rather than manual partitioning

On Thu, Jul 08, 2010 at 06:54:37AM -0000, epic93 wrote:
> ** Changed in: ubuntu-docs (Ubuntu)
> Assignee: Augustina Blair (missaugustina) => epic93 (epic93dude)
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> Switching From Windows guide needs to explain the guided partitioning option rather than manual partitioning
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/176343
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> Status in Ubuntu Documentation: Invalid
> Status in Ubuntu Installation Guide: In Progress
> Status in “ubuntu-docs” package in Ubuntu: In Progress
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> Bug description:
> in the text about moving to a dual boot system, the introductory text explains that you have to select "manual" repartitioning, then create a swap space of at least 500meg.. etc, etc.
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> However this isn't correct: the livecd installer contains a new guided repartitioning tool which is simple to use and works fine. The guide should therefore be updated to explain how to use this tool.
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epic93: Thanks for picking up on the bug, it seems like this one hasn't
been worked on, I'll get in touch with Augustina and see what she says
since she was the one working on this bug, but until then you can get
started :)

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Regards,
Vikram Dhillon

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