migration-assistant doesn't prompt when files to be copied exceed available disk space
Bug #370180 reported by
hazylazysusan
This bug affects 5 people
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| migration-assistant (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
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Medium
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: migration-assistant
Migration-assistant found my user accounts on Vista, and defaults, if I select the names, to copy music, pictures, and documents.
The problem I've run into, that may apply only to my RAID set up on my Asus P6T motherboard, is that when those document files exceed the available disk space, Ubuntu doesn't prompt me, and just fills up the drive anyways.
This causes many problems because Ubuntu can't run properly when the /home disk space is full. I had to re-install several times before I figured out that this is what the problem was.
There should at least be a prompt to let me know that the files *cannot* copy without more disk space.
Revision history for this message
| Giovanni Dall'Olio (dalloliogm-gmail) wrote | #1 |
Revision history for this message
| Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in migration-assistant (Ubuntu): | |
| importance: | Undecided → Medium |
| status: | New → Triaged |
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I can confirm this problem with Ubuntu 9.10. It should at least check the disk space required to import everything and check if it can fit in the new home partition. for a newbie it would be very difficult to recognize this problem and fix it.