Verified this against the latest Vivid Server daily build and the issue seems resolved, we were able to successfully create a live backup and restore a default Ubuntu installation with the default partitioning - /boot being ext2.
Testing details: Linux ubuntu1504 3.19.0-9-generic #9-Ubuntu SMP Wed Mar 11 17:50:03 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux In the logs there's a message that would relate to this: Mar 18 15:13:59 ubuntu1504 kernel: [ 14.716508] EXT4-fs (sda1): mounting ext2 file system using the ext4 subsystem -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1297012 Title: hyper-v: Manual partitioning formats /boot with ext2 file-system To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/partman-auto/+bug/1297012/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
