Bug 152254 - YaST does not react gracefully when trying to format mounted partition
Summary: YaST does not react gracefully when trying to format mounted partition
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: SUSE Linux 10.1
Classification: openSUSE
Component: YaST2 (show other bugs)
Version: Beta 4
Hardware: Other SuSE Linux 10.1
: P5 - None : Enhancement (vote)
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Assignee: Thomas Fehr
QA Contact: Klaus Kämpf
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Reported: 2006-02-20 14:56 UTC by Felix Möller
Modified: 2006-03-20 14:17 UTC (History)
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Description Felix Möller 2006-02-20 14:56:39 UTC 
I am just installing beta4.

When I had to choose the partition to install on, I switched to a console to find the right one.
On the console I mounted the partition to have a look at it.

Then I told YaST which partition to install SuSE on.  But YaST complained about the partition being mounted and then exited.

I think YaST should at least give me a chance to unmount the partition.
Comment 1 Michael Gross 2006-02-20 15:07:14 UTC 
Would be an enhancement. Maby the partitioner should offer a button `try to unmount partition first'.
Comment 2 Thomas Fehr 2006-03-20 14:17:28 UTC 
Problem is that you probably mounted the partition while YaST2 was already
running, so it did not even know about it being mounted. System state is
only scanned once suring startup since it needs considerable time.

In the installed system YaST2 should handle a mounted partition fine.
In the installation environment it assumes that no one is changing something
while YaST2 is running.