[disks-admin] deletes MBR and does not update fstab after partition format change (reiserfs -> ext3)
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GST |
Expired
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Medium
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| gnome-system-tools (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Medium
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Ubuntu Desktop Bugs | ||
Bug Description
I opened the "disks manager" from administration menu (system -> administration -> disks).
I selected my hard disk. "Partition 1" was NTFS, "Partition 2" was root partition (ext3), the next partition was swap, ant then "Partition 6" was reiserfs, mounted on /mnt/data
I selected "Partition 6", then clicked "Disable" to unmount it, then clicked "Format" and selected "Extended 3". Everything seemed ok, and I rebooted because I know that sometimes we have to reboot after changing partitions.
I could not boot (no master boot record), so I used the live CD to reinstall the MBR. Then I could boot with the hard disk, but /dev/hda6 could not be mounted automatically because /etc/fstab had not been updated
After changing "reiserfs" to "ext3" in /etc/fstab, it was ok.
| Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote Re: disks manager: deletes MBR and does not update fstab after partition format change (reiserfs -> ext3) | #1 |
| Changed in gnome-system-tools: | |
| assignee: | nobody → gnome |
| John Marshall (john-jf-marshall) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in gnome-system-tools: | |
| status: | Unconfirmed → Confirmed |
| Daniel Holbach (dholbach) wrote | #3 |
| Changed in gnome-system-tools: | |
| assignee: | gnome → desktop-bugs |
| Changed in gnome-system-tools: | |
| status: | Confirmed → Triaged |
| Changed in gst: | |
| status: | New → Invalid |
| Wouter Stomp (wouterstomp-deactivatedaccount) wrote | #4 |
| Changed in gnome-system-tools: | |
| status: | Triaged → Invalid |
| Changed in gst: | |
| importance: | Unknown → Medium |
| status: | Invalid → Expired |
Thanks for your bug (you should describe one bug with it though). I've forwarded it upstream: http://