Description of problem: Inaccurate warning. Where: Installation disk 1 of Red Hat 9. The guidance material supplied near the start of Red Hat 9 Installation Disk One makes it clear that nothing happens until you click on Install. Not so. When you pass the partition section, the partitioning takes place. Because of my interest in Bug 102253, I wanted to see the contents of the default package, whichI had selected when installing RH 9. I had to pass the partitioning section. But, I felt safe, because nothing happens until you elect to start installation; it said so. I wiped out the partitions on my Win 98 hard drive, which caused me a great deal of trouble and time. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: I'm not about to do it again! (Prob. 100%) Steps to Reproduce: 1. Start Install disk one. 2. Step through past the partitioning 3. Stop before clicking "Install" Actual results: Repartitions your hard drive.
We don't do partitioning until right before packages are installed and it is made clear what is going to occur.