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[Ron Mitchell <rm2892@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thank so  much for the reply Aere. I'll have another shot at it  
tomorrow.

I'm sure there's ways to do it. I can achieve the same result with  
manual repartitioning, I know that.

My chief concern was the difference between what I read in the test  
case and what I was actually seeing onscreen from the Lubuntu  
installer. Seems to me that I should be able to follow the  
instructions given in the test case and see the expected result with  
my particular install.

 Or is that too naive ??

Ron Mitchell

On 7-Sep-12, at 9:31 PM, Aere Greenway wrote:

> Ron:
>
> It seems there is a graphical display of the partitions it finds,  
> and you can drag the dividing line between two partitions.
>
> I know I've done that when installing alongside Windows.  But I  
> haven't had occasion to do that for a long time.  It seems there was  
> an "Install alongside xxxxx" option.
>
> Strictly speaking for myself, as a user, I almost always use the  
> manual partitioning option.
>
> I set up a common (fat32) partition, which contains music &  
> pictures, which is mounted on each partition when it boots (Windows  
> as well).
>
> Then I have two linux partitions - one for my new system, and one  
> for my old system.  When I become confident with my new system, I  
> "transfer my flag" from the old linux partition to the new linux  
> partition.
>
> When I install a newer system, I install it over the top of my old  
> linux partition.
>
> The process repeats with each Linux release.
>
> - Aere
>
>
> On Sat, 2012-09-08 at 04:02 +0000, Ron Mitchell wrote:
> > The test case uri-001 for Lubuntu Amd64+Mac (build of Sept 7 2012)  
> > differs from what I'm actually seeing on the screen as I attempt to  
> > install. In this case I was attempting to install Lubuntu alongside  
> > SuSE Linux 12 which was already installed. As I read it, I'm  
> > supposed to be able to install Lubuntu alonside another operating  
> > system, splitting hard drive space between them with a slider.
> >
> > The Lubuntu installer provides no such option. It simply offers a  
> > choice to either erase everything on the disk, or manually change  
> > existing partions.
> >
> > Wondering if I'm missing something. It seems to me that the test  
> > case is written for an Ubuntu installation and parts of it do not  
> > apply to Lubuntu.
> >
> > For the time being, I'm reluctant to either pass or fail the test  
> > case. Surely this issue has been raised before.
> >
> > Any comments would be appreciated.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Ron Mitchell <rm2892@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> --
>
> Sincerely,
> Aere