Bug#315554: Failure in case of duplicate labels

[David Balazic]

Package: debian-installer
Severity: important

This is debian 3.1 r0a on i386

If before the installation there is already partition with the label /
in the system, then debian will fail to boot after the installation
with 50% probability.
It depends whetehr the old / is found  (and mounted) before the new /.

Solutions :

 - quick : Abort installation if an existing / partition is detected

 - cool : Install using another label if / is already in use.
(just appeanding an extra slash, until a uniq name is found, seems to be
a simple and working solution)

PS: I used the 2.6 kernel when I discovered this.


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Bug#315554: Failure in case of duplicate labels

[Frans Pop]

reassign 315554 partman
merge 315554 310754
thanks

On Thursday 23 June 2005 15:31, David Balazic wrote:
 If before the installation there is already partition with the label
 / in the system, then debian will fail to boot after the installation

This has been reported before. merging with that bug report.


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