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   Alex Taylor to All   
   Re: advice on hardware purchase   
   11 Feb 11 21:18:02   
   
   .os.os2.ecomstation:849 comp.os.os2.misc:2880   
   From: "Alex Taylor"    
      
   On Fri, 11 Feb 2011 15:18:57 UTC, Dave Yeo  wrote:   
      
   > >> Everything was fine when I created partitions to install Ubuntu into.    
   > >> I was careful to tell Ubuntu not to format yet every disk it touched    
   > >> ended up corrupted and all it took was an existing swap partition for    
   > >> Ubuntu to touch the drive.   
   > >   
   > > This may be related: http://bugs.ecomstation.nl/view.php?id=2914   
   >    
   > Seems that I can't view the bug without an eCS userid.   
      
   You don't have one?  Well, most of the same info is available in the   
   same user's Ubuntu bug report:   
     https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/669459   
      
   He also observes that it writes into the Windows partition as well...   
      
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