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   .os.os2.ecomstation:850 comp.os.os2.misc:2881   
   From: Dave Yeo    
      
   Alex Taylor wrote:   
   > 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...   
   >   
      
   Yes, that looks like the bug. Surprisingly I did remember my login there    
   and added my 2 cents. I don't have much hope for their bug system. When    
   I first installed Ubuntu 5 or so years ago, and it installed Grub into    
   the MBR I was upset that unlike other distributions, it did not add    
   BootManager to the grub/LILO menu even though it was the active    
   partition. While I was knowledgeable enough to add BootManager to the    
   grub menu, others probably aren't.   
   They closed the bug as cosmetics.   
   Dave   
      
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