[Bug 1077565] Re: installation doesnt detect windows dynamic disk

[Robert Roth]

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Title:
  installation doesnt detect windows dynamic disk

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Linux is incompatible with windows dynamic disks and cannot be
  installed alongside windows in such a disk.  The ubuntu installation
  routine does not detect that a drive is a windows dynamic drive and
  reports the disk structure incorrectly.   For details see
  http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=116723&p=646747#p646747

  No warning is given to the user.  If the user were to install to what
  ubuntu thinks is a partition, data loss is likely.

  Expected:
  The install routines should check if the disk is a windows dynamic and if so, should only allow complete overwriting of windows, or stopping the installation.  It should not allow the user to try to install dual boot.  Ideally, it would give the user suggestions on backing up their windows data and point to how the drive might be converted back to "basic".

  This bug affects other distributions also, so this is probably
  affecting upstream as well (I didn't try a debian install).

  This occurred trying to install Ubuntu 12.04, 32 bit from a liveCD.

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