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Idea #16406: Easier setup for partitions in Ubiquity

Written by Primož Papič the 10 Dec 08 at 20:47. Related project: Live CD installer. Status: New
Rationale
It's a strange title I know...
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Main idea:
In Ubiquity (Ubuntu live installer) if you choose "I'll set partitioning myself" there should be an predefined option with home on different partition. And other options.
After choosing one of this options you set the partitions size which have recommended size for partition depending on size of your disk, or at least minimum recommended size.
there should also be an option to choose file system for all partitions simultaneously.

Background of this idea:
I just re-installed Kubuntu (if you want to know why ask in comments). And I decided to make a special partition for Home and one for root.
I was sure this will be easy, I mean I did the same thing in Arch how much harder can it be in (K)Ubuntu?
Well I was wrong I guess that GUI isn't everything.
Arch has a much more user friendly way of setting up partitions, even though the whole thing is done in CLI.
It gives you recommended amounts and if you decide that you want to have a bigger or smaller /home it accounts this change to other partitions.
The Ubuntu (Ubiquity) partition manager is just very messy I don't even know if I set it the right way.
Anyway I want it to be more "simple" like in Arch.

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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #16406
Written by Primož Papič the 10 Dec 08 at 20:47.
Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #16406 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution. Thanks!
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Solution #3: Manual partitionning : easily chose mount point
Written by Id2ndR the 7 Mar 09 at 10:05.
Currently in jaunty :
When you chose manual partitioning, you get the partition table. Most of the time you already have prepared it before (with gparted because it's so much easier than the installer to use). At this step you only want to chose mount point and nothing else, but you have to :
1/ chose a partition and modify it
2/ chose the filesystem that already *is* on the partition
3/ chose the mount point and click OK.

Expected :
- Skip unnecessary steps 1/ and 2/

This mean :
Add a drop down menu to chose the mount point near the place it's displayed. It will also skip the validate of step 3/.

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Id2ndR wrote on the 7 Mar 09 at 10:09
I think we should add solutions for the different problems of http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/7762/ too. The this other idea may be marked as a duplicate.


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