"Timberwoof" <timberwoof.spam@inferNOnoSPAMsoft.com> wrote in message
news:timberwoof.spam-9BF2DD.13124324112007@nnrp-virt.nntp.sonic.net...
> In article <MKidnXITBa91HdXanZ2dnUVZ_ruqnZ2d@athenet.net>,
> "philo" <philo@privacy.net> wrote:
>
>> <krotch.kricket@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:a95a95db-cd2f-4cba-ba4c-c4b09bb07855@w28g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
>> > If installing Ubuntu be careful for hdisk corruption. It will also
>> > over write your Windows partition rendering your data unrecoverable.
>> >
>> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s....20/+bug/84603
>> >
>> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s....15/+bug/53102
>> >
>> > Linux, the operating system that keeps you busy.
>>
>>
>> This post is typical of many "idiot trolls"
>>
>> Publishing false info, then posting a few links.
>>
>> the links of course provide no documentation concerning the referenced
>> message.
>
> Well, Mister Kitcket has a point. There is a point in the Ubuntu install
> (as in every Linux install) where it tells you that if you go ahead from
> that point, it will erase all the data currently on the disk. It gives
> you several warnings. After that, if you click OK, it will, without any
> further warning, proceed to erase and reformat your hard drive!
The problem with ubuntu 7.10 is that you get exactly the same warning screen
if you select use available free space or if you select use whole disk so be
extra careful you select the correct one as you can't tell when the final
warning is given.