> We need to fix the formatting applications to wipe out the first few hundred kilobytes, and the last few hundred kilobytes at the end of the device before applying any new format.
This does not really solve the issue, since other programs might modify the contents of the first sector. On ubuntuusers.de, someone reported that the FS driver http://www.fs-driver.org/ must have done so; after installing it, the vol_id detection was broken. http://forum.ubuntuusers.de/topic/177935 Bill Metzenthen's ideas (see above) appear to be good solutions for this. -- vol_id: detects vfat instead of ext3 UUID https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/118292 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
