Bug#236069: partman - errors when reusing existing ext3
On 4.III.2004 at 00:19 Frans Pop wrote:
>
> *** Problem: error when reusing hdb7 ***
> For hdb7 I selected the the following options:
> - Usage method: use existing format
> - Mount point: /home
> - other options: default
>
> After 'finish partitioning and write changes', hdb6 was formatted correctly.
> After that, d-i should just mount hdb7 on home, but I got the following messages:
> - First dialog
> This ext2 filesystem has a rather strange layout! Parted can't resize this (yet).
My hard disk also happened to has an ext3 partition that parted can
not check. If this happens too often, then this unnecessary check
should be removed.
> - Second dialog
> Test of file system with type ext3 in partition #7 of ide1 slave found uncorrectable
> errors. If you do not go back and correct, the partition will not be used.
>
> In second dialog I selected 'yes' (to correct errors), but this did _not_ return me
> to partman. Instead D-I continued with 'Installing Debian Base'.
This is fixed in the CVS.
> *** Problem: swap not in fstab (and not) mounted after installation ***
> For hdb8 I selected the default option presented: 'Use existing'
>
> However, after installation there was no entry in fstab for a swap partition
> (and of course no swap mounted).
I can not reproduce this. It is already fixed in CVS or probably
a newer version of partconf-mkfstab has changed something.
Anton Zinoviev
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