** Description changed:
gnome-disk-utility "Disks", version 3.6.1-1ubuntu1
System in question:
-uname -a = 'Linux scorpio 3.8.0-19-generic #29-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 17
18:16:28 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux'
-lsb_release -a = 'Distributor ID: LinuxMint
- Description: Linux Mint 15 Olivia
- Release: 15
- Codename:olivia'
-(This is Linux Mint 15 MATE edition)
-lsblk = 'NAMEMAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
- sda 8:00 298.1G 0 disk
-├─sda18:10 15.3G 0 part /
-├─sda28:20 2.8G 0 part [SWAP]
-├─sda38:30 15.6G 0 part
-├─sda48:40 7.9M 0 part
-└─sda58:50 264.5G 0 part /home
- sdb 8:16 0 465.8G 0 disk
-└─sdb18:17 0 465.8G 0 part
-└─md0 9:00 465.7G 0 raid1
- sdc 8:32 0 698.7G 0 disk
-├─sdc18:33 0 465.8G 0 part
-│ └─md0 9:00 465.7G 0 raid1
-└─sdc28:34 0 232.9G 0 part /media/ed/Spare
- sdd 8:48 1 7.9G 0 disk
-└─sdd18:49 1 7.9G 0 part /media/ed/MEMSTICK
+ uname -a = 'Linux scorpio 3.8.0-19-generic #29-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 17
18:16:28 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux'
+ lsb_release -a = 'Distributor ID: LinuxMint
+ Description: Linux Mint 15 Olivia
+ Release: 15
+ Codename:olivia'
+ (This is Linux Mint 15 MATE edition)
+ lsblk = 'NAMEMAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
+ sda 8:00 298.1G 0 disk
+ ├─sda18:10 15.3G 0 part /
+ ├─sda28:20 2.8G 0 part [SWAP]
+ ├─sda38:30 15.6G 0 part
+ ├─sda48:40 7.9M 0 part
+ └─sda58:50 264.5G 0 part /home
+ sdb 8:16 0 465.8G 0 disk
+ └─sdb18:17 0 465.8G 0 part
+ └─md0 9:00 465.7G 0 raid1
+ sdc 8:32 0 698.7G 0 disk
+ ├─sdc18:33 0 465.8G 0 part
+ │ └─md0 9:00 465.7G 0 raid1
+ └─sdc28:34 0 232.9G 0 part /media/ed/Spare
+ sdd 8:48 1 7.9G 0 disk
+ └─sdd18:49 1 7.9G 0 part /media/ed/MEMSTICK
Attempted to format drive in question (/dev/sdc2, /dev/sdb2 before
reboot) from ext4 to NTFS, failed to unmount disk beforehand. Admittably
a failure in proper user policy; but a frontend graphical program like
"Disks" should know better than to have actually tried to preform said
operation without doing an unmount first. Result was a partition which
read 16EB (exabyte) ext3/ext4 in caja shell properties window. Attempt
to unmount via caja shell resulted in kernel panic :(
Clearly this is a very serious issue; anybody working on disk partioning
- could potentially make this mistake. Shell format utilites would
+ could potentially make this mistake. Terminal format utilites would
actually complain about mounted disks-- the fact the "Disks" was able to
format an in-use, mounted drive is very worrying.
** Description changed:
gnome-disk-utility "Disks", version 3.6.1-1ubuntu1
System in question:
uname -a = 'Linux scorpio 3.8.0-19-generic #29-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 17
18:16:28 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux'
lsb_release -a = 'Distributor ID: LinuxMint
Description: Linux Mint 15 Olivia
Release: 15
Codename:olivia'
(This is Linux Mint 15 MATE edition)
lsblk = 'NAMEMAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda 8:00 298.1G 0 disk
├─sda18:10 15.3G 0 part /
├─sda28:20 2.8G 0 part [SWAP]
├─sda38:30 15.6G 0 part
├─sda48:40 7.9M 0 part
└─sda58:50 264.5G 0 part /home
sdb 8:16 0 465.8G 0 disk
└─sdb18:17 0 465.8G 0 part
└─md0 9:00 465.7G 0 raid1
sdc 8:32 0 698.7G 0 disk
├─sdc18:33 0 465.8G 0 part
│ └─md0 9:00 465.7G 0 raid1
└─sdc28:34 0 232.9G 0 part /media/ed/Spare
sdd 8:48 1 7.9G 0 disk
└─sdd18:49 1 7.9G 0 part /media/ed/MEMSTICK
- Attempted to format drive in question (/dev/sdc2, /dev/sdb2 before
- reboot) from ext4 to NTFS, faile
