Hi: On Friday 10 September 2010 21:17:24 Tom H wrote: > On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 11:25 PM, Miles Fidelman >
[...] > > Now if you consider it user error to give the default answers, when you > > actually want to save the current install, then your anwer is accurate. > > I do. It's a PEBKAC. With d-i and its Ubuntu implementation in its > alternate and mini installers, the default is to use the entire disk, I don't see that to exactly be a PEBKAC. How it's having a default destroying your data to be considered a sane practice? default should be inoffensive or do nothing if at all possible. > whether there are partitions in use or not. So, you have to know that > you cannot simply choose the defaults if you want to preserve another > install. With Ubuntu's installer, aimed at a less technical crowd, the > default is to do a side-by-side install. Seems much saner (and proper) to me. Cheers. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201009140153.07800.jesus.nava...@undominio.net
