[Bug 1078445] Re: Xubuntu install fail due partition auto mount defeats Gparted

[Chris Bainbridge]

There are some hints in the older related bug #588530 ("Automounting not
prevented with GParted in Ubuntu 10.04"). It appears that this could be
a bug in gparted not locking the drive to prevent automounting, or the
automounter not respecting the gparted lock.

** Also affects: gparted (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

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Title:
  Xubuntu install fail due partition auto mount defeats Gparted

Status in Thunar file manager:
  Unknown
Status in “gparted” package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “thunar” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Wanted to install Xbuntu 12.10 along side Win 7 and Ubuntu 12.10.
  Needed to create 4 further partitions (boot,swap,/ and home) in a pre-
  exsisting extended partition. Booted from a Xubuntu 12.10 Live CD on
  my HP Envy Sleekbook and ran up Gparted.

  What I expected to happen:
  I expected to be able to shrink a 230gig partition and create 4 additional partitions. To my surprise the extended partition was already mounted when I selected unmount partition in Gparted, Gparted completed the action but then Xubuntu remounted it automatically and opened a filemanager window for every other partition as well.

  What happened instead:
   I found I could not unmount any partition without it being automatically remounted.

  Installed Xbuntu 12.10 on my Desktop (clean install from a CD). Using
  Gparted I cannot unmount a spare partition without Xubuntu
  automatically remounting it.

  The Automount feature needs an operator control to allow use of
  Gparted.

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