Comment 76 for bug 1361951

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Edward Garson (egarson) wrote : Re: [Bug 1361951] Re: mke2fs asks for input when formatting over a partition table

I think you have the wrong email address.

On Wed, 31 Aug 2016 at 13:25 Phillip Susi <email address hidden> wrote:

> Debian has already fixed it in version 123, please merge.
>
>
> ** Changed in: partman-basicfilesystems (Ubuntu)
> Status: Incomplete => Triaged
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1361951
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> Title:
> mke2fs asks for input when formatting over a partition table
>
> Status in partman-basicfilesystems package in Ubuntu:
> Triaged
> Status in partman-ext3 package in Ubuntu:
> Fix Released
>
> Bug description:
> I'm testing an Ubuntu GNOME Utopic 20140826 i386 image and after
> selecting Something else and creating two partitions on a blank 80 GB
> (primary / about 77500mb and logical swap about 2500mb) shortly after
> the installation begins it freezes with the bottom of the window
> saying, "Creating ext4 filesystem for / in partition #1 of SCSI2
> (0,0,0) (sda) ...........".
>
> I've repeated this twice just in case the first attempt was a fluke,
> and the first time I waited well over an hour. I'm filing this report
> with the installer seemingly still attempting to run. I'd gladly
> repeat the test choosing to kill the installation before filing if I
> knew how.
>
> I'm attaching an actual screenshot of what the screen displays while
> frozen.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
> Package: ubiquity 2.19.2
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-10.15-generic 3.16.1
> Uname: Linux 3.16.0-10-generic i686
> ApportVersion: 2.14.6-0ubuntu2
> Architecture: i386
> CasperVersion: 1.343
> CurrentDesktop: GNOME
> Date: Tue Aug 26 22:27:21 2014
> InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu-gnome.seed boot=casper
> initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity
> LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu-GNOME 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Alpha i386
> (20140826)
> ProcEnviron:
> TERM=xterm
> PATH=(custom, no user)
> XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: ubiquity
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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