Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: ubiquity
When you choose manual partitioning for installing Ubuntu and then set
up an existing partition to be used as the root file system (/) without
being formatted, Ubiquity warns you that any "system folders such as
/etc" will be removed. Unfortunately, apart from the /etc example, it
doesn't tell which folders exactly it will remove.
(Use case: John Doe wants to overwrite his botched 9.04 installation
with a fresh 10.04 install. So of course he's happy with /etc or /usr
being overwritten, but since he likes to have a one-partition setup with
/ and /home on the same partition, he wants /home to be preserved and
then used in the newly installed system. But because of the unclear
wording in the abovementioned warning message he is unsure about the
safety of his data, changes VT and renames his /home folder to /oldhome
before going forward.)
** Affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Ambiguous wording for message about using an unformatted partition as the root
file system
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/580274
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