[Bug 1622313] [NEW] gparted does not recognize the iso9660 file system in cloned Ubuntu USB boot drives

sudodus 1622313 at bugs.launchpad.net
Sun Sep 11 10:24:34 UTC 2016


Public bug reported:

I am testing in a live system and looking at the very drive, from which
it is booted, the current daily iso file of Lubuntu Xenial i386 (post
16.04.1 LTS). The problem is that the file system cannot be identified,
and several end users may (and will) think that the USB boot drive is
damaged. But it works, it is cloned, which is the straightforward method
to create a boot drive from a hybrid iso file.

this issue was worse in previous versions, where gparted would complain
about an error; now it is at least seeing the partition. The next step
is that it can see the file system too.

lsblk can see it, as illustrated by the following command line (in a
wide terminal window),

sudo lsblk -fm

The attached screenshot illustrates the problem, and shows that it
affects the text mode program parted too.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: gparted 0.25.0-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-38.57-generic 4.4.19
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-38-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: i386
CasperVersion: 1.376
CurrentDesktop: LXDE
Date: Sun Sep 11 10:10:21 2016
LiveMediaBuild: Lubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Beta i386 (20160909)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gparted
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: gparted (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386 xenial

** Attachment added: "screenshot-lubuntu-desktop-xenial-i386-with-gparted.png"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1622313/+attachment/4738595/+files/screenshot-lubuntu-desktop-xenial-i386-with-gparted.png

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Title:
  gparted does not recognize the iso9660 file system in cloned Ubuntu
  USB boot drives

Status in gparted package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I am testing in a live system and looking at the very drive, from
  which it is booted, the current daily iso file of Lubuntu Xenial i386
  (post 16.04.1 LTS). The problem is that the file system cannot be
  identified, and several end users may (and will) think that the USB
  boot drive is damaged. But it works, it is cloned, which is the
  straightforward method to create a boot drive from a hybrid iso file.

  this issue was worse in previous versions, where gparted would
  complain about an error; now it is at least seeing the partition. The
  next step is that it can see the file system too.

  lsblk can see it, as illustrated by the following command line (in a
  wide terminal window),

  sudo lsblk -fm

  The attached screenshot illustrates the problem, and shows that it
  affects the text mode program parted too.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: gparted 0.25.0-1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-38.57-generic 4.4.19
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-38-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
  Architecture: i386
  CasperVersion: 1.376
  CurrentDesktop: LXDE
  Date: Sun Sep 11 10:10:21 2016
  LiveMediaBuild: Lubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Beta i386 (20160909)
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: gparted
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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