Hi,
I have 2 disks on my computer :
sda : a ssd wich contain an existing windows on a primary partition (ntfs), the rest of the disk is not partitionned yet, i plan to install kubuntu there (ext4).
sdb : contains my obsolete ubuntu installation (with specific partitions for / /home swap) in ext3.
I would like to install my new kubuntu on my ssd, creating the new partitions during the installation, and i would like to mount the existing partiions.
Here is the problem : when i get to the "Disk Setup" setup step of install, i can create the new partions on sda, BUT i cannot mount the existing ext3 partition with the "Prepare partition tool".
Let me detail what happens :
- I select an existing ext3 partition
- i click 'change'
- i set 'Use as' = ext3,
- i UNCHECK 'format the partition',
- i set a mount point '/mnt/abcd'.
So far so good but when i click 'OK' my partition is listed with the format option CHECKED although i specifically unchecked it !
So it looks like i cannot mount any ext3 partition without formating them during the install, wich is really weird.
My first question is : why the f... can't i do that
?
My second question would be : if i choose to ignore these partition in the install process, would i be able to easily automatically mount them later once kubuntu is installed ?
Hope it wasn't to confusng, please let me know if you don't understand what i mean, this is not my native language.
Thanks
I have 2 disks on my computer :
sda : a ssd wich contain an existing windows on a primary partition (ntfs), the rest of the disk is not partitionned yet, i plan to install kubuntu there (ext4).
sdb : contains my obsolete ubuntu installation (with specific partitions for / /home swap) in ext3.
I would like to install my new kubuntu on my ssd, creating the new partitions during the installation, and i would like to mount the existing partiions.
Here is the problem : when i get to the "Disk Setup" setup step of install, i can create the new partions on sda, BUT i cannot mount the existing ext3 partition with the "Prepare partition tool".
Let me detail what happens :
- I select an existing ext3 partition
- i click 'change'
- i set 'Use as' = ext3,
- i UNCHECK 'format the partition',
- i set a mount point '/mnt/abcd'.
So far so good but when i click 'OK' my partition is listed with the format option CHECKED although i specifically unchecked it !
So it looks like i cannot mount any ext3 partition without formating them during the install, wich is really weird.
My first question is : why the f... can't i do that
?My second question would be : if i choose to ignore these partition in the install process, would i be able to easily automatically mount them later once kubuntu is installed ?
Hope it wasn't to confusng, please let me know if you don't understand what i mean, this is not my native language.
Thanks
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