Loki Installer formats /home despite being told not to.
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ubiquity (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
During a custom installation of elementary os I had planned on installing over my current Ubuntu Gnome install. (I have a separate root and home partition) I had selected my old root to become the new root, and to be formatted with the check box and my /home to stay /home and NOT be formatted. The install went as normal but I was greeted with a completely formatted /home partition. The installer had stated only root and swap would be formatted, and NOT home. Thankfully I had a backup, but I did lose two weeks worth of data.
To see if this was just something normal with the installer I added files to the new /home and then installed over elementary Loki with Ubuntu using the same steps. My files persisted.
I'm new to bug reporting so my apologies if I formatted this incorrectly.
| Danielle Foré (danrabbit) wrote | #1 |
| affects: | elementaryos → ubiquity |
| affects: | ubiquity → ubiquity (Ubuntu) |
Re-assigning to Ubiquity since we use the Ubuntu installer