[Bug 595337] Re: server installing, delete files in /var if select /var partition as /var mount point without format

[Phillip Susi]

The server cd does not use ubiquity to install so it seems this was
filed in the wrong place.  Troubleshooting this would require the log
files from the install, which are missing.  Given the age of this report
I'm going to go ahead and close it.  If you can reproduce this feel free
to reopen it and we'll try to gather the logs.


** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

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Title:
  server installing, delete files in /var if select /var partition as
  /var mount point without format

Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: ubiquity

  the server has these partitions:
  /
  /boot
  /home
  /var

  this had ubuntu 10.04 installed, but we had need reinstall, the server
  has 6tb of disk space with raid 5(hardware) and lvm. For reinstall we
  used ubuntu server 10.04 64bit, the steps that we made:

  *select manual partition
  *format /
  *format /boot
  *select for mount vat in /var without format
  *select for mount home in /home without format

  when we click in continue, show message said that some files in /var
  overwrite because some app need this, click ok, and after continue
  with fomatted but seconds after was completely blue screen

  wait for several minutes and nothing, only blue screen without
  information or process, and we deside reboot.

  After install without mount /home and /var and install good, but in
  the var partition were removed several files!! (there was only file
  spool, tmp, www, ..   alphabetical delete?)

  we lost DBs and files backups

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