Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: mount
I almost lost my root partition after a misdirected mkswap command, so I
think this bug is really important.
My / partition is about 15 GB, and swap partition is about 1 BG
compare the output of two commands:
1-st command
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[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# fdisk -l
Disk /dev/hda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 1 243 1951866 b W95 FAT32
/dev/hda2 * 244 1293 8434125 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda3 1294 9729 67762170 5 Extended
/dev/hda5 1294 3251 15727603+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda6 3252 3382 1052226 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/hda7 3383 9729 50982246 b W95 FAT32
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Above you can see that the swap partition is /dev/hda6 (correct) and the
root partition is /dev/hda5 (correct)
2-nd command
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[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# mount
/dev/hda6 on / type ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
/sys on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
varrun on /var/run type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,mode=0755)
varlock on /var/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,mode=1777)
procbususb on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw)
udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
devshm on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
lrm on /lib/modules/2.6.17-10-generic/volatile type tmpfs (rw)
/dev/hda1 on /media/hda1 type vfat (rw,iocharset=utf8,umask=000)
/dev/hda2 on /media/hda2 type ntfs (rw,nls=utf8,umask=0222)
/dev/hda7 on /media/hda7 type vfat (rw,iocharset=utf8,umask=000)
binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw)
/dev/hdb on /media/cdrom0 type iso9660 (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,user=dg)
/dev/sda1 on /media/usbdisk type vfat
(rw,nosuid,nodev,quiet,shortname=mixed,uid=1000,gid=1000,umask=077,iocharset=utf8)
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### so here the root partition is, suddenly, /dev/hda6 - which is INCORRECT!
BTW I have seen this problem before in dapper installer, when I wanted
to install Kubuntu to a computer that already had the disk partitioned
and numbered in a strange way (root partition was /dev/hda7, there was a
FAT partition /dev/hda6 that was actually at the end of the disk), and
the installer partitioner labelled the disks in a wrong way.
** Affects: util-linux (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: Unconfirmed
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Command "mount" produces a list of partitions with wrong numbers
https://launchpad.net/bugs/74570
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