Install/reinstall wipes out all/other partitions
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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ubiquity (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Critical
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Colin Watson | ||
Trusty |
Fix Released
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Critical
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Colin Watson |
Bug Description
[Impact]
Serious data loss due to misleading UI in a variety of cases where the installer fails to accurately assess or describe the current partitioning layout. This set of proposed changes fix the problem both narrowly (by fixing a specific detection failure) and broadly (by being more consistent and conservative about how automatic partitioning methods are described, and by always displaying a confirmation dialog; "are you sure?" dialogs are generally dubious, but in this case it supplies more specific information which is a justifiable last resort for an operation as potentially destructive as partitioning). I have taken care to ensure that it has no impact on translations.
[Test Case]
Validating this ideally requires exploratory testing, but simple tests include setting up partitioning layouts that include deliberately-
[Regression Potential]
This involves partitioning logic, so be careful. I've tried to keep the changes as isolated as possible to the automatic partitioning page, although the confirmation dialog change also affects the manual partitioner. It's worth checking that back/forward paths still work correctly, as this took me several goes to get right.
Original report follows:
Brand new Samsung laptop with UEFI. I had installed 13.04 Ubuntu but on reboot I never saw the 'grub' style menu. It just kept going into Windows 8.1. So I got the 13.10 version (64 bit) and choose "Reinstall Ubuntu" (That may not be the exact text)
It removed all the partiions including the recovery partitions. I do have a backup for the windows install, but I was very surprised that this happened.
On a positive note I now have Ububtu up and running on my machine.
This is not my first time with Ubuntu. I have installed Ubuntu alongside WinXp, Vista and Windows 7. I've used Ubuntu desktop for over 6 years.
If you would like me to try something to replicate this. .. I could shrink my existing partion make another one - reinstall and see if it whacks that one. I can do this now .. I'm still moving into this laptop so starting over is not so bad.
Steve Devine
Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Critical |
status: | Confirmed → Triaged |
summary: |
- Reinstallation wipes out all partitions + Reinstallation wipes out all/other partitions |
Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | nobody → Dimitri John Ledkov (xnox) |
no longer affects: | ubiquity |
summary: |
- Reinstallation wipes out all/other partitions + Install/reinstall wipes out all/other partitions |
Changed in ubuntu-livecd-image (Ubuntu Trusty): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in ubuntu-livecd-image (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
no longer affects: | ubiquity |
Changed in elementaryos: | |
milestone: | none → freya-beta2 |
tags: | added: patch |
Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Triaged → Fix Released |
Changed in ubuntu-livecd-image (Ubuntu Trusty): | |
importance: | Undecided → Critical |
Changed in ubuntu-livecd-image (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Critical |
Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | Dimitri John Ledkov (xnox) → nobody |
Changed in elementaryos: | |
status: | New → Triaged |
milestone: | freya-beta2 → freya+1-beta1 |
Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | nobody → staticd (staticd-growthecommons) |
assignee: | staticd (staticd-growthecommons) → nobody |
Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Fix Released → Confirmed |
Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | nobody → Stéphane Graber (stgraber) |
Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | Stéphane Graber (stgraber) → Colin Watson (cjwatson) |
Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu Trusty): | |
milestone: | ubuntu-14.04 → ubuntu-14.04.2 |
assignee: | Dimitri John Ledkov (xnox) → Colin Watson (cjwatson) |
status: | Triaged → In Progress |
description: | updated |
Changed in elementaryos: | |
status: | Triaged → Fix Released |
description: | updated |
no longer affects: | elementaryos |
affects: | ubiquity (Ubuntu Trusty) → clean-ubiquity (Ubuntu Trusty) |
affects: | clean-ubiquity (Ubuntu) → ubiquity (Ubuntu) |
Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu): | |
milestone: | ubuntu-14.10 → none |
affects: | ubiquity (Ubuntu Trusty) → clean-ubiquity-ubuntu (Ubuntu Trusty) |
affects: | clean-ubiquity-ubuntu (Ubuntu) → ubiquity (Ubuntu) |
Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | Colin Watson (cjwatson) → valentino (ciobanuvalentino6) |
Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | valentino (ciobanuvalentino6) → Colin Watson (cjwatson) |
affects: | ubiquity → ubuntu-translations |
no longer affects: | ubuntu-translations |
Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | Colin Watson (cjwatson) → Slavik (slavikstar) |
assignee: | Slavik (slavikstar) → nobody |
assignee: | nobody → Slavik (slavikstar) |
Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | a59ff5 (a59ff5a59ff5) → Colin Watson (cjwatson) |
In Ubuntu Forums we have seen at least 4 or 5 users with exactly the same issue.
Installer only offers to reinstall Ubuntu but then overwrites entire hard drive. First thought it was user issue, but many have reported it and described consisently what they have done.
On re-install it only sees Ubuntu not Windows, but does not reinstall to an existing Linux partition, but does the install to entire drive.
Best to only use Something Else on re-install. But auto install should not offer incorrect choice.