Comment 4 for bug 1040996

Looks like it has been re-numbered.

You can find it at:

http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/testcases/1301/info

Ron Mitchell

On Thu, 20 Sep 2012 12:20:20 -0000
Matthew Paul Thomas <email address hidden> wrote:

> Ron, where is this "uri-001" test case? In a Web search for "uri-001
> ubiquity" I can find only bug reports. As far as I know, the basic
> partitioner has only ever offered "Install X alongside Y" where Y was
> Windows or Ubuntu, not other operating systems.
>
> Anyway, I have now updated the specification for that step, so that
> wherever it previously special-cased "Windows", it now allows any other
> OS, such as Fedora. The only exception is the "Install Ubuntu inside
> Windows" option (restarting into Wubi).
> <https://docs.google.com/a/canonical.com/document/d/1bZ4yQIVgGaUGSYu3qiUHnQt3ieBZoqunP_DcleHCr3I/edit#heading=h.01821049dcce>
>
> Of course specifying it is one thing, but implementing it will be much
> harder.
>
> ** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
> Status: Confirmed => Triaged
>
> ** Summary changed:
>
> - Test Case uri-001 Ubiquity Resize Install - Resizing partition choice not available
> + Not offered "Install alongside" if other OS isn't Windows or Ubuntu
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1040996
>
> Title:
> Not offered "Install alongside" if other OS isn't Windows or Ubuntu
>
> Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
> Triaged
>
> Bug description:
> System is a MacBook Intel Core Duo - 2.4 Ghz - 4 Gig of RAM - 250 Gig Hard Drive.
> Was attempting to perform Test Case uri-001 - on Lubuntu 12.10 build of Aug 21 2012
> Previously installed System was Fedora 14
> According to the Test Case procedure under the heading, "Allocate drive space", the installer is supposed to offer a choice of installing Lubuntu alongside the previous system.
>
> Instead it offered me the following choices:
>
> Replace Fedora 14 with Lubuntu
> Something else
>
> It should be noted that this was my second attempt at performing this
> procedure. During the first attempt (see comment under bug #1034954),
> the aim was to partition available hard drive space between the
> previously installed system - Lubuntu 12.10 build of August 14 2012
> and the system being installed from Live Desktop Disk - Lubuntu 12.10
> build of August 21 2012. A crash occurred at the same point as
> referred to in that bug report. I added my comment.
>
> As suggested by Mr. Ledkovs (comment 9 under bug report #1034954),
> after booting the live install CD, I opened a terminal and ran
> Ubiquity from there.
>
> Thinking that perhaps the two systems were too much alike to be
> installed together, I decided to replace the previous system with
> something else (Fedora 14).
>
> That seems to have led to somewhat inconsistent behaviour from
> Ubiquity at this point in the Test Case.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
> Package: ubiquity (not installed)
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-9.9-generic 3.5.0
> Uname: Linux 3.5.0-9-generic x86_64
> ApportVersion: 2.4-0ubuntu6
> Architecture: amd64
> Date: Thu Aug 23 19:10:29 2012
> InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/lubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash --
> InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64+mac (20120813)
> ProcEnviron:
> LANGUAGE=en_CA:en
> PATH=(custom, no user)
> LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: ubiquity
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>
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Ron MItchell <email address hidden>