Using JFS as rootfs in lucid and forgetting to install jfsutils make the system unrecoverable (even with livecd)
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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| jfsutils (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
2 problems :
- Minor : First the install wizard allows you to use the JFS file-system but at format time it fails (because jfsutils is not provided on the livecd).
- Major : When you reboot your fresh install with JFS as root file-system and you forgot to install jfsutils manually, then the init refuse to mount the partition as rw because jfs.fsck is not found. Even using single-mode (recovery). Even worse when you boot from the live cd and you try to mount the partition, it fails. I had to jfs_fsck my rootfs and then I could mount it. It seems init crashed my rootfs.
The solution was : Boot form the livecd, install jfsutils on squashfs, invoke jfs_utils -a -f /dev/sdb1, mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt, chroot /mnt and in the jail apt-get install jfsutils.
Please fix it
| affects: | ubuntu → jfsutils (Ubuntu) |
