[Bug 1241758] [NEW] ReiserFS support removed from Ubuntu 13.10 installer => not even possible to mount existing partitions

[Thomas Dreibholz]

Public bug reported:

ReiserFS support has been removed from the Ubuntu 13.10 installer. It is
not even possible to mount existing partitions in the installer. I do
*not* yet want to use BTRFS for my data partition, since it is much more
unstable than ReiserFS. And I do *not* want to use the old ext3/4, since
its performance is worse then ReiserFS (directories with many small
files).

At least, the installer should still allow to mount existing ReiserFS-
based data partitions. Currently, it is necessary to install with BTRFS
or ext3/4 and then manually add the existing ReiserFS partitions. If
Ubuntu does not want people to use ReiserFS for whatever reason, print a
warning and let users decide to use it. Just silently removing a feature
is annoying.

** Affects: partman-partitioning (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  ReiserFS support removed from Ubuntu 13.10 installer => not even
  possible to mount existing partitions

Status in “partman-partitioning” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  ReiserFS support has been removed from the Ubuntu 13.10 installer. It
  is not even possible to mount existing partitions in the installer. I
  do *not* yet want to use BTRFS for my data partition, since it is much
  more unstable than ReiserFS. And I do *not* want to use the old
  ext3/4, since its performance is worse then ReiserFS (directories with
  many small files).

  At least, the installer should still allow to mount existing ReiserFS-
  based data partitions. Currently, it is necessary to install with
  BTRFS or ext3/4 and then manually add the existing ReiserFS
  partitions. If Ubuntu does not want people to use ReiserFS for
  whatever reason, print a warning and let users decide to use it. Just
  silently removing a feature is annoying.

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