[Bug 144800] Re: gutsy installer finds older gutsy media on hdd

[Timothy R. Chavez]

** Changed in: somerville
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

** Changed in: somerville
       Status: New => Fix Released

** No longer affects: dell

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Title:
  gutsy installer finds older gutsy media on hdd

Status in The Somerville Project:
  Fix Released
Status in Ubuntu CD image build software:
  Fix Released
Status in “casper” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “livecd-rootfs” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: casper

  What works:
    Copy the Gutsy install CDROM content to the HDD and boot to HDD to do install. Works ok.

  What is broken:
    If you boot to a (in this case newer daily build) Gutsy install CD, it finds and mounts the HDD image (older).

  Suggested fixes:
    1) change search order so that it finds the cdrom media first

    2) embed a serial # both in the initrd and in the media. Have the
  installer initrd check the serial numbers before it assumes the
  content is correct (better than #1)

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