[Bug 1265192] Re: Reinstallation wipes out all/other partitions

2014-04-22 Thread Dan Sufho
Ok, here you have my /var/log/installer. I installed ubuntu alongside windows 8 and then reinstalled ubuntu which erased everything including efi and recovery partitions and made it's own efi partition and swap at the end of the disk. If you need any more logs you have ~1,5h, then I'm giving it to

[Bug 1265192] Re: Reinstallation wipes out all/other partitions

2014-04-01 Thread Dan Sufho
@ James Eniti (jpeniti) Please save /var/log/installer if you still can, it may be needed because it was needed in the bug report I've written which is marked as a duplicate of this bug now. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ub

[Bug 1265192] Re: Reinstallation wipes out all/other partitions

2014-04-04 Thread Dan Sufho
@ Phillip Susi (psusi) In 1-2 weeks I'm going to give my laptop for repair and before this I will want to wipe all my data so I can then reproduce the bug and give the logs if there is no other person that can do it. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 1265192] Re: Reinstallation wipes out all/other partitions

2014-04-05 Thread Dan Sufho
@ Phillip Susi (psusi) He didn't choose the alongside option, he chose "erase ubuntu and reinstall" (I may be wrong). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1265192 Title: Reinstallation wi

[Bug 981583] Re: 'Erase Ubuntu [version] and reinstall' with 12.04 beta2 does not respect existing partitioning scheme

2014-01-05 Thread Dan Sufho
This bug also exists in Ubuntu 13.10 and it removed all partitions on my laptop including recovery (which contained Windows 8 recovery files) and created ~500MB efi partition, ext4 taking almost whole disk and ~8GB swap at the end. I'm now unable to install Windows 8 again as I lost recovery partit

[Bug 981583] Re: 'Erase Ubuntu [version] and reinstall' with 12.04 beta2 does not respect existing partitioning scheme

2014-01-06 Thread Dan Sufho
@ Dimitri John Ledkov (xnox) I see I didn't read the bug description carefully and I now see that my situation doesn't fit into this bug. Although, I noticed there are already 2 bug reports describing my situation and I will just mark in one that it also affects me. I do not see a need to make ano

[Bug 1265192] Re: Reinstallation wipes out all partitions

2014-01-06 Thread Dan Sufho
I was reinstalling Ubuntu 13.10 due to driver installation problem and I have chosen this option "Erase Ubuntu 13.10 and reinstall" (with text "Warning: This will delete all your Ubuntu 13.10 programs, documents, photos, music, and any other files" under it). It wiped everything including EFI, reco

[Bug 981583] Re: 'Erase Ubuntu [version] and reinstall' with 12.04 beta2 does not respect existing partitioning scheme

2014-01-06 Thread Dan Sufho
#1098785; #1265192 < - This one I mrked that it affects me and also commented it. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/981583 Title: 'Erase Ubuntu [version] and reinstall' with 12.04 beta2

[Bug 1266437] [NEW] Ubuntu installation wipes windows 8 recovery partitions

2014-01-06 Thread Dan Sufho
Public bug reported: I wanted to reinstall ubuntu on my laptop. Here is the partition table as I remember before the installation: 1. 100MB - EFI 2. 900MB - windows8 recovery partition with label "Recovery" 3. ~150GB - windows 8 4. ~130-150GB - Ubuntu 5. ~300MB - another recovery partition which

[Bug 1266437] Re: Ubuntu installation wipes windows 8 recovery partitions

2014-02-08 Thread Dan Sufho
I discovered a method to get your windows back in (almost) legal way if you don't have any recovery media. The product key for preinstalled windows is now stored in BIOS. You need to find windows 8 iso on the internet (it needs to be an OEM version) and then just install windows using this iso, eit