krotch.kricket@gmail.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.

TONY TROMBOLI

<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.


TRUE. I tried a Ubuntu "Live CD" not too long ago to see what all the hype
was about. It booted fine in my AMD 3.4Ghz + 1-Gig RAM machine that
currently has Windows XP installed. I played around with Ubuntu and it ran
OK. It was running from the CD so I could understand why it wasn't very
zippy. The video was pretty slow using the generic driver from the CD but I
could probably fix that eventually if I wanted to. It saw my NTFS drive
which was neat at the time.

So I'm done playing with Ubuntu and tell it to shutdown and it does. It
tells me to remember to remove the Live CD which I do. The next time that I
reboot my computer it simply doesn't boot. The boot sector or something was
hosed. In the end I had to re-install Windows to FIX whatever it was that
Ubuntu Live CD screwed up.

Yeah - That's a serious "bug" they have there.




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Alias

TONY TROMBOLI 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.
>
>
> TRUE. I tried a Ubuntu "Live CD" not too long ago to see what all the hype
> was about. It booted fine in my AMD 3.4Ghz + 1-Gig RAM machine that
> currently has Windows XP installed. I played around with Ubuntu and it ran
> OK. It was running from the CD so I could understand why it wasn't very
> zippy. The video was pretty slow using the generic driver from the CD but I
> could probably fix that eventually if I wanted to. It saw my NTFS drive
> which was neat at the time.
>
> So I'm done playing with Ubuntu and tell it to shutdown and it does. It
> tells me to remember to remove the Live CD which I do. The next time that I
> reboot my computer it simply doesn't boot. The boot sector or something was
> hosed. In the end I had to re-install Windows to FIX whatever it was that
> Ubuntu Live CD screwed up.
>
> Yeah - That's a serious "bug" they have there.
>
>
>
>

Your problem had nothing to do with the Live CD. I have run Live CDs on
dozens of computers with no ill effects at all. The Live CD doesn't
install *anything* unless you tell it to and you probably did.

Alias

Robin T Cox

On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 11:01:38 -0800, krotch.kricket wrote:

> 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.

No problem, then, if you are simply getting rid of Windows in order to
replace it with an Operating system that actually works.

Best to over-write Windows and get rid of it for good.

If, before you do so, you save your data onto disk, it's very easy to
restore it in Ubuntu or any other Linux system, because they easily read
any Windows data format.

philo

<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.

ray

On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 11:01:38 -0800, krotch.kricket wrote:

> If installing Ubuntu be careful for hdisk corruption. It will also
> over write your Windows partition rendering your data unrecoverable.

Only if you tell it to.

Timberwoof

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 end result is that if a hacker got physical possession of your
computer, he could, using the Ubuntu install disk, delete all your
sensitive information! = = =

(Sorry if I broke your sarcasm meter. ;-)

--
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"When you post sewage, don't blame others for
emptying chamber pots in your direction." ‹Chris L.

alt

On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 11:01:38 -0800, krotch.kricket wrote:

> 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

The above link is completely unrelated to any sort of hard disk
corruption.

>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s....15/+bug/53102

Affects EXT3 only and is only present in that (old) kernel. 2.6.22 is the
latest.

>
> Linux, the operating system that keeps you busy.

Not that busy. Of all the systems I work on, this bug has never hit us.

dennis@home

"philo" <philo@privacy.net> wrote in message
news:MKidnXITBa91HdXanZ2dnUVZ_ruqnZ2d@athenet.net. ..
>
> <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.
>
>
>

At least one of the bugs refers to corrupting ext3 file systems so it does
refer to what the OP said.
It is also confirmed as a bug BTW.

dennis@home

"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.