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Re: I was not offered any option to auto-resize, bug #1479405

 

Nio,

thanks,

Phill.

On 29 July 2015 at 19:10, Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi again,
>
> After some testing I found the problem: I booted the installer via grub2
> and the ISO file: 'grub-n-iso', which seems to have confused the
> alternatives of the installer. Bug #1479405 affects booting via
> 'grub-n-iso', while booting from a pendrive made with mkusb brings
> 'Install alongside with auto-resize'.
>
> Best regards
> Nio
>
> Den 2015-07-29 19:20, Nio Wiklund skrev:
> > Hi Phill,
> >
> > Maybe the problem is caused because my target drive is a USB 3 drive.
> > The other options work as expected, but not this one. I will test it in
> > a real computer with an internal drive.
> >
> > Best regards
> > Nio
> >
> > Den 2015-07-29 19:15, Phill. Whiteside skrev:
> >> Hi Nio,
> >>
> >> I've just carried out the i386 install alongside an exiting i386 Wily
> >> installation and it behaved as expected in offering me to upgrade or
> >> install side bu side along with the wipe and re-install. The side by
> >> side proceeded to the GUI to drag the slider to choose the sizes, which
> >> I set to 5.1 GB for both (I use a 10GB slice). This is via KVM and a
> >> logical volume (vda1 when installing). This was the same as I saw in the
> >> AMD64 version.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >> Phill.
> >>
> >> On 29 July 2015 at 16:28, Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx
> >> <mailto:nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> >>
> >>     http://launchpad.net/bugs/1479405 'no option to auto-resize'
> >>
> >>     Hi,
> >>
> >>     With a target drive containing an installed Lubuntu 14.04.2 LTS
> system,
> >>     I was not offered any option to auto-resize, only to upgrade 14.04.2
> >>     LTS, erase 14.04.2 LTS, erase the whole drive, and 'something else'.
> >>
> >>     If you think it is wrong to report it as a red bug at the testing
> >>     tracker, I'm willing to change the test result to passed or even
> delete
> >>     it. We could also make the testcase optional or even change it to
> >>     something more relevant for the current version.
> >>
> >>     Best regards
> >>     Nio
> >>
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