ubiquity does not allow to install to pre-partitioned, pre-formatted device if the device contains the live filesystem
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partman-base (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: ubiquity
trying to install to the free space of an SD card that also carries the livefs seems to be impossible.
the card is pre-formatted like:
/dev/mmcblk0p1 -> livefs mounted as /cdrom while installation runs
/dev/mmcblk0p2 -> swap
/dev/mmcblk0p3 -> formatted empty ext4 partition (supposed to be used as /)
during partitioning ubiquity warns that contents of mmcblk0p3 will be deleted, then moves on, later it tells that /cdrom cannot be unmounted which would be necessary since changes to the partition table would have to be written ... given that the device is partitioned and formatted this is not true, the install should just move on.
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: armel
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
Package: ubiquity 1.11.20 [modified: usr/share/
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubiquity
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-imx51 armv7l
This happens because Oliver is changing /dev/mmcblk0p3 from ext4 to ext3. However, this ought not to require changing the partition table.