FS#2087 - Change to Optional format of extra mount points

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Adam (Father) - Friday, 28 January 2005, 06:50 GMT
Last edited by arjan timmerman (blaasvis) - Wednesday, 27 July 2005, 08:30 GMT
Task Type Feature Request
Category Installation
Status Closed
Assigned To Judd Vinet (judd)
Architecture not specified
Severity Medium
Priority Normal
Reported Version 0.7 Wombat
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 0%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Currently, when providing extra mount points during the installation, ie /home, the installation forces these mounts to be formatted, this causes problems when doing a new install with an old /home directory and forces people to either backup their partition or manually add it after installation.

Suggestion:
Provide a ``Would you like to format this partition? Warning: If the partition is not already formatted.. etc etc'' dialog when selecting extra mount points.
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Closed by  Judd Vinet (judd)
Wednesday, 27 July 2005, 16:27 GMT
Reason for closing:  Works for me
Comment by Judd Vinet (judd) - Monday, 31 January 2005, 18:57 GMT
Hmm, the installer already does ask for permission to format filesystems.

I'll double-check and get back to you.
Comment by arjan timmerman (blaasvis) - Friday, 24 June 2005, 16:01 GMT
status ?
Comment by Judd Vinet (judd) - Wednesday, 27 July 2005, 16:27 GMT
The setup script does ask if you wish to create a filesystem on the mountpoint or not.

A box comes up saying "Would you like to create a filesystem on $PART? (This will overwrite existing data!)"

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