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ciborium package

ext3 is not supported in the tablet

Bug #1565882 reported by Noemí
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This bug affects 7 people
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ciborium (Ubuntu)
Triaged
Medium
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Bug Description

SD cards in ext3 format should be supported in tablets

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in ciborium (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Timo Leppiniemi (timo-leppiniemi-d) wrote :

Is there any workaround available for getting SD card to work with ext3 fs?

This causes significant issues as many users normally install multiple "legacy apps" and /userdata has limited space.
It would be nice to be able to copy / move rootfs' from containers to SD-card. This will not work currently as VFAT does not support file flags, rwx.

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Paul Sonnenschein (paul-u-one-login) wrote :

Today it is possible to mount the SD card via the mount command. However, afaik to do so automatically one must manually change the root fs, which is discouraged.

I personally mount my SD card with ext4 fs using an edited /etc/rc.local and have not experienced any problems yet. However, I might not have realized them or they might appear with an touch update.

And not all apps support this manually mounted location, however I could convince the gallery app to show pictures using a symbolic link.

So to me the best solution seems to hope for a change in ciborium.

Stephen M. Webb (bregma)
Changed in ciborium (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Triaged
importance: Undecided → Medium
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Petras (klavishas) wrote :

I just want to add that it is the same for ext4 and ext2

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Javier Ibáñez (javier-ibanez) wrote :

Hi all,

Any update in this issue?

Best regards.

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