| 2010-05-13 09:32:08 |
Shekhar |
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| 2010-05-16 11:51:40 |
Shekhar |
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| 2010-11-25 10:04:17 |
frznlogic |
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| 2010-12-06 15:48:54 |
frznlogic |
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10.04 Install formatted ext3 partition (data lost) |
10.04 and 10.10 Install formatted ext3 partition (data lost) |
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| 2011-08-05 18:42:48 |
Launchpad Janitor |
ubiquity (Ubuntu): status |
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| 2011-08-07 02:50:42 |
sithlord48 |
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| 2012-10-16 20:53:56 |
Colin Watson |
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| 2012-10-16 20:55:51 |
Colin Watson |
ubiquity (Ubuntu): status |
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| 2012-10-16 20:55:53 |
Colin Watson |
ubiquity (Ubuntu): importance |
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| 2013-09-02 09:03:21 |
John McCabe-Dansted |
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| 2018-06-15 14:04:04 |
Phillip Susi |
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10.04 and 10.10 Install formatted ext3 partition (data lost) |
Changing fs type should show the format option as checked since it will be formatted |
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| 2018-06-15 14:08:30 |
Phillip Susi |
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Binary package hint: ubiquity
I have installed 10.04 yesterday. My system already had running 9.10 with following partitions.
/ (ext4)
/home (ext3)
While installing I chose to format / and not to format /home but chosen wrong partition type for /home i.e. ext4. Install was smooth but I realized that installer actually had formatted (or converted ?) my ext3 /home to ext4 /home wiping out all the data. I think even if I have specified ext4 by mistake, why should installer format my partition when I have specifically not asked for it. At the most it should try to mount it as ext4 and the bell out.
I don't know what would you do in order to fix this but it would be great help if there is a way to undo this. This has hit more people I guess, see http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=8195037&postcount=1 . Also I am following good https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DataRecovery .
Thanks for all the good work guys but this particularly is very scary. |
If you select a different filesystem type for a partition it forces it to be formatted, but this is not clear because the format check box does not become checked. |
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| 2021-02-13 11:15:04 |
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