** Description changed: - I have a ubuntu 7.04 system with the following drives: + I have a ubuntu 7.10 system with the following drives: /dev/hda1 -> /mnt/xp /dev/sda1 -> /mnt/home_backup /dev/sda2 -> / /dev/sda3 -> swap /dev/sdb1 -> /var/storage2 (including about 400gb of home directories, files etc) /dev/sdc1 -> /var/storage (including then I make a symbolic link /home /var/storage2/home/ and run the system. - when I installed ubuntu 7.10 I mapped thease directories using the + when I installed ubuntu 7.10 I mapped these directories using the installer to mount /var/storage and /var/storage2 with no issues. With - Ubuntu 8.04 (doing a fresh install not an upgrade) the installer began - to rm -fr all files from /var/storage2 and /var/storage1 resulting in - partial data loss until I realized what had happened. + Ubuntu 8.04 (doing a fresh install not an upgrade) I mapped the drives + again to /var/storage and /var/storage2 and hit contiune. I was warned + that if I had data that matched given system data, that data would be + overwritten. Not a problem, I thought, since it did not match any system + data and when the installer populated /var with files it would overlook + /var/storage and /var/storage2 as had all previous linux installers. I + was VERY wrong. + + the installer began to rm -fr all files from /var/storage2 and + /var/storage1 resulting in partial data loss until I realized what had + happened. I had to restore almost 500gb from my backup array. Given that /var/storage and /var/storage2 did not map into any known data structure those directories should have been left alone (as they - have been by older ubuntu isntallers, suse installers and other linux - installers for the past 5+ years!!) + have been by older ubuntu installers, suse installers and other linux + installers for the past 5+ years!!) I was quite alarmed that the 8.04 + installer chose to assume that all /var/ tree should be eliminated and + made clean - regardless of of any data I might have wanted left there + (say mysql tables or in my case scads of data and home drives). + + FWIW, this is a soho workstation / server and not a dedicated server + that's why I'm using ubuntu workstation and not server.
** Summary changed: - Installation on used system with mapped directories dleetes all files from mapped directory resulting in data loss + Installation using drives mapped into /var causes all files on mapped drives to be deleted -- Installation using drives mapped into /var causes all files on mapped drives to be deleted https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/228038 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
