Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: debian-installer
This is a very specific bug related to the manual partitioning behaviour
- /dev/sda4 is an encrypted ext3 FS
Start the 8.10 alpha 6 installer
- configure /dev/sda2 as ext3 /
- set up /dev/sda4 as ext3 /home (do not check format box)
- proceed with install and /dev/sda4 gets formatted
Restart the 8.10 alpha 6 installer
- set up /dev/sda4 as ext3 /home (do not check format box)
- installer automatically checks format box (presumably because type has
changed from unknown -> ext3)
- no immediate warning of impending format
- 'ready to install' page does list that /dev/sda4 will be formatted
On the one hand the installer has done the correct thing as there's no other
way to mount an unknown fs on /home
However, this caught me out as I deliberately did not check the format box. I
can restore from backup, but others may not be as lucky
I believe that the installer should introduce an *immediate* pop-up warning:
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Warning!
This partition will be formatted as (insert FS type here) in order to be
mounted on (insert mount point here)
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** Affects: debian-installer (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Installer disk layout utility does not warn sufficiently before formatting
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/273925
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