Bug 1467101 - [rfe] be suspicious of users asking to overwrite large media
Summary: [rfe] be suspicious of users asking to overwrite large media
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: mediawriter
Version: rawhide
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Jan Grulich
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2017-07-02 20:36 UTC by Chris Murphy
Modified: 2024-11-08 04:09 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

Fixed In Version: mediawriter-5.1.90-1.fc41 mediawriter-5.1.90-1.fc39 mediawriter-5.1.90-1.fc40
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Environment:
Last Closed: 2024-11-06 03:52:19 UTC
Type: Bug
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Description Chris Murphy 2017-07-02 20:36:38 UTC
Description of problem:

https://ask.fedoraproject.org/en/question/107296/what-type-of-format-does-fedora-media-writer-do/

Gist is the user pointed FMW to their NTFS formatted 2TB USB external hard disk drive and nuked it from orbit. Obviously it's user error, but FMW could correctly be a bit fussy and mother hen when the user points to a 2TB driver. In fact it's likely not anything they'd want to use for installing Fedora if it's bigger than 128G but... 

I imagine the message is something like:

The selected drive is 2TB, which is suspiciously large for install media. Are you certain you want all data destroyed on this drive?

Comment 1 Villy Kruse 2017-07-03 06:13:06 UTC
Does mediawriter check if one or more of the file systems on the USB device is mounted before overwriting everything?

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2024-10-30 10:22:52 UTC
FEDORA-2024-9ead773f2c (mediawriter-5.1.90-1.fc40) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 40.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-9ead773f2c

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2024-10-30 10:22:53 UTC
FEDORA-2024-45bba51f00 (mediawriter-5.1.90-1.fc39) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 39.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-45bba51f00

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2024-10-31 02:33:06 UTC
FEDORA-2024-45bba51f00 has been pushed to the Fedora 39 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2024-45bba51f00`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-45bba51f00

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2024-10-31 03:08:23 UTC
FEDORA-2024-9ead773f2c has been pushed to the Fedora 40 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2024-9ead773f2c`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-9ead773f2c

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2024-10-31 03:41:19 UTC
FEDORA-2024-46b968d69c has been pushed to the Fedora 41 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2024-46b968d69c`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-46b968d69c

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2024-11-06 03:52:19 UTC
FEDORA-2024-46b968d69c (mediawriter-5.1.90-1.fc41) has been pushed to the Fedora 41 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 9 Fedora Update System 2024-11-08 01:20:47 UTC
FEDORA-2024-45bba51f00 (mediawriter-5.1.90-1.fc39) has been pushed to the Fedora 39 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 10 Fedora Update System 2024-11-08 04:09:08 UTC
FEDORA-2024-9ead773f2c (mediawriter-5.1.90-1.fc40) has been pushed to the Fedora 40 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.


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