Re: Not really OffTopic - was {Re: Fedora has a boot option that forces the installer to recognize a drive as GPT, can this be added to Ubiquity/Debian?}

From	Michael Stone <mstone@mathom.us>
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Subject	Re: Not really OffTopic - was {Re: Fedora has a boot option that forces the installer to recognize a drive as GPT, can this be added to Ubiquity/Debian?}
Date	2017-11-07 06:00 +0100
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On November 6, 2017 7:12:37 PM EST, Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> wrote:
>Why isn't query by user of a derivative [Ununtu] ask parent distro 
>[Debian] suggest a feature.

Because ubuntu has its own installer. Since an end user typically 
doesn't know what parts of a derivative are straight from upstream and 
which aren't, it makes sense to ask the questions on a support forum for 
the derivative distribution and let their process raise things up as 
appropriate.

Mike Stone

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Fedora has a boot option that forces the installer to recognize a  drive as GPT, can this be added to Ubiquity/Debian? Indo Neh <indoneh@gmail.com> - 2017-11-06 21:30 +0100
  Re: Fedora has a boot option that forces the installer to recognize  a drive as GPT, can this be added to Ubiquity/Debian? Tom Furie <tom@furie.org.uk> - 2017-11-06 21:50 +0100
    Re: Fedora has a boot option that forces the installer to recognize  a drive as GPT, can this be added to Ubiquity/Debian? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2017-11-06 22:30 +0100
      Not really OffTopic - was {Re: Fedora has a boot option that forces  the installer to recognize a drive as GPT, can this be added to  Ubiquity/Debian?} Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-11-07 01:20 +0100
        Re: Not really OffTopic - was {Re: Fedora has a boot option that  forces the installer to recognize a drive as GPT, can this be added to  Ubiquity/Debian?} Don Armstrong <don@debian.org> - 2017-11-07 01:40 +0100
        Re: Not really OffTopic Tom Furie <tom@furie.org.uk> - 2017-11-07 01:50 +0100
        Re: Not really OffTopic - was {Re: Fedora has a boot option that  forces the installer to recognize a drive as GPT, can this be added to  Ubiquity/Debian?} Michael Stone <mstone@mathom.us> - 2017-11-07 06:00 +0100

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