Awesome! Thanks for following up! On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 8:03 PM, Evan Peck <[email protected]>wrote:
> @Andrew Thank you! > > It appears this bug report meets the criteria for: > -Confirmation > This bug's status will be raised to "Confirmed" > Thank you. > > ** Description changed: > > Binary package hint: volumeid > > Hi, > > Here's the issue: > > I'm running Feisty with the latest updates. > > During the boot it will come up to "Checking local filesystems" at which > point it will try and do a check on /dev/sda3, which has fstab entry as > follows: > # Entry for /dev/sda3 : > UUID=ef5542e4-9a86-4504-a4f0-1edc56bc30aa /home reiserfs defaults 0 2 > > Unfortunately, upon boot, I get this (/var/log/fsck/checkfs): > - Log of fsck -C -R -A -a > + Log of fsck -C -R -A -a > Tue Mar 18 13:38:16 2008 > > fsck 1.40-WIP (14-Nov-2006) > Failed to open the device 'UUID=ef5542e4-9a86-4504-a4f0-1edc56bc30aa': No > such file or directory > - > > fsck died with exit status 8 > > Tue Mar 18 13:38:16 2008 > ---------------- > > + At this point, it drops to a maintenence shell with a very screwy path > + (just /bin or something useless like that). > > - At this point, it drops to a maintenence shell with a very screwy path > (just /bin or something useless like that). > - > - > - The problem was that the partition used to be a swap partition, and > mkreiserfs did not overwrite the first 64 KB of the partition. Hence, the > swapspace header was left untouched, even though at offset 0x10000 a > reiserfs header was found. > - > + The problem was that the partition used to be a swap partition, and > + mkreiserfs did not overwrite the first 64 KB of the partition. Hence, > + the swapspace header was left untouched, even though at offset 0x10000 a > + reiserfs header was found. > > Running sudo blkid /dev/sda3 will report: > /dev/sda3: UUID="a1a4ee27-950c-4439-9ce8-e69b4795c5c3" TYPE="reiserfs" > > Running blkid reports the correct value; running vol_id reports a swap > partition with UUID=ef5542e4-9a86-4504-a4f0-1edc56bc30aa > > - > IMHO, vol_id should check for other filesystem headers first and they > should override whatever swap signature found. If the swap partition was > actually being used, wouldn't the use overwrite whatever filesystem > header is there? > > + TO REPRODUCE: > + -format a partition (as swap) > + -format it (do not clear as reiserfs) > + -run vol_id (to identify partition) > + -it will return type swap > + > Thanks, > Andrew > > ** Changed in: reiserfsprogs (Ubuntu) > Status: New => Confirmed > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/203704 > > Title: > mkreiserfs does not clear metadata from previous device users > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/reiserfsprogs/+bug/203704/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/203704 Title: mkreiserfs does not clear metadata from previous device users To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/reiserfsprogs/+bug/203704/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
