Bug 1021075 - anacoda install format /home, old data gone
Summary: anacoda install format /home, old data gone
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: anaconda
Version: 20
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
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high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Anaconda Maintenance Team
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2013-10-19 06:27 UTC by FENG Haibo
Modified: 2013-10-22 14:45 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2013-10-22 08:32:48 UTC
Type: Bug


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Description FENG Haibo 2013-10-19 06:27:33 UTC
Description of problem:
Installed fedora 20 alpha 4.
My PC is fedora 19 and /home is a standalone ext4 standard partition.
I delete /boot, swap and /, and recreate these 3 partitions. swap and / is LVM.
the previous partition sda3 is still mounted to /home, there is old data there.
Confirmed that in /home parameters the reformat option is unselected.
After pressed done, there isn't format prompt of sda3 partition.

But after bootup, i even created a user with a different name, I found the old data gone in /home. I expected they are remained.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
fedora 20 alpha 4 live ISO created USB image, select install to HDD after launch.

How reproducible:
tried twice, first time created the first user with the same name; second, created a user with a different name.

Comment 1 FENG Haibo 2013-10-22 08:32:48 UTC
false alarm.
The partition is still there, fedora 20 doesn't munt that partition, and instead created a new /home directory.
I have to manually modify /etc/fstab to mount the partition.

While I think fedora 20 should mount that /home dir either

Comment 2 David Lehman 2013-10-22 14:45:44 UTC
If you want the old/existing filesystem to be mounted as part of the new system you have to tell us the mountpoint.


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