[Bug 68996] xfs partition problem (Edgy 6.10)

[Mitch Mahan]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: gparted

When trying to install XFS from the 6.10 CD on a new system I selected
XFS as my / drive and  another partition for swap space. Selected
forward...

Since / is not allowed to be mounted on an XFS volume I then went back
into gparted (Backward) changed my XFS volume to the Standard ext3 and
tried to proceed with the install. Everything seemed to go alright.
gparted was partitioning my volume with ext3 but when loading the next
step it gave me the same error "Cannot mount / on an XFS volume...".
Pressing backward I noticed that my just selected ext3 partition had
magically changed back to XFS.

So overall:  When trying to change my XFS partition to a regular ext3 it
refuses to after having prior selected an XFS file type.

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

** Description changed:

  Binary package hint: gparted
  
  When trying to install XFS from the 6.10 CD on a new system I selected
- XFS as my / drive and  another partition for swap space.
+ XFS as my / drive and  another partition for swap space. Selected
+ forward...
  
- Since / is not allowed to be mounted on an XFS volume I then changed
- back to the Standard ext3 and tried to proceed with the install.
- Everything seemed alright when gparted was partitioning my volume but it
- gave me the same error "Cannot mount / on an XFS volume..." on the next
- screen.  When trying to change my XFS partition to a regular ext3 it
- refuses to after having prior selected and XFS file type.
+ Since / is not allowed to be mounted on an XFS volume I then went back
+ into gparted (Backward) changed my XFS volume to the Standard ext3 and
+ tried to proceed with the install. Everything seemed to go alright.
+ gparted was partitioning my volume with ext3 but when loading the next
+ step it gave me the same error "Cannot mount / on an XFS volume...".
+ Pressing backward I noticed that my just selected ext3 partition had
+ magically changed back to XFS.
+ 
+ So overall:  When trying to change my XFS partition to a regular ext3 it
+ refuses to after having prior selected an XFS file type.

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xfs partition problem (Edgy 6.10)
https://launchpad.net/bugs/68996