Re: new squeeze

["Jesús M. Navarro" <jesus.navarro@undominio.net>]

Hi:

On Friday 10 September 2010 21:17:24 Tom H wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 11:25 PM, Miles Fidelman
>

[...]

> > Now if you consider it user error to give the default answers, when you
> > actually want to save the current install, then your anwer is accurate.
>
> I do. It's a PEBKAC. With d-i and its Ubuntu implementation in its
> alternate and mini installers, the default is to use the entire disk,

I don't see that to exactly be a PEBKAC.  How it's having a default destroying 
your data to be considered a sane practice? default should be inoffensive or 
do nothing if at all possible.

> whether there are partitions in use or not. So, you have to know that
> you cannot simply choose the defaults if you want to preserve another
> install. With Ubuntu's installer, aimed at a less technical crowd, the
> default is to do a side-by-side install.

Seems much saner (and proper) to me.

Cheers.