** Description changed: Binary package hint: ubiquity The following applies when installing a fresh copy of ubuntu using - manual partition selection where some partitions are not formatted (for - example /home partition). When the some partitions that is not to be - formatted is recognised but not mountable (due to unclean unmount, etc.) - other partitions that come first in the partition list, like the target - root partition, might get formatted before the installer sees the other - partition is not mountable. The installer than stops because an error - occurs and might leave the system in an unbootable state (as the target - root could be the same as the old root). + manual partition selection where some partitions are not going to be + formatted (for example /home partition). When the some partitions that + is not to be formatted is recognised but not mountable (due to unclean + unmount, etc.) other partitions that come first in the partition list, + like the target root partition, might get formatted before the installer + sees the other partition is not mountable. The installer than stops + because an error occurs and might leave the system in an unbootable + state (as the target root could be the same as the old root). In my case this was resolved by running fsck manually, but i can imagine there are cases where this does not work. To make this more robust I suggest the following: - check if partitions that need no formatting can be mounted before formatting other partitions - if this fails, ask to run fsck which might resolve it When these both fail, the other partitions are not touched which might leave the system in a bootable state which would otherwise not be the case. Maybe this can be a part of the 'hardy-ubiquity-reliability' blueprint for hardy: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/hardy-ubiquity-reliability --- Harry de Boer
-- Partitioning sequence in livecd installer (ubiquity) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/164865 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
