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Bug 969910 - RFE: Add 'skip all unreadable partitions' when mounting partitions in rescue mode
Summary: RFE: Add 'skip all unreadable partitions' when mounting partitions in rescue...
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: anaconda
Version: 6.6
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Linux
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unspecified
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Anaconda Maintenance Team
QA Contact: Release Test Team
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2013-06-03 01:37 UTC by Murray Ketchion
Modified: 2015-07-29 18:05 UTC (History)
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Doc Type: Enhancement
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Last Closed: 2015-07-29 18:05:42 UTC
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Description Murray Ketchion 2013-06-03 01:37:41 UTC 
Description of problem:

Presently, when you choose to automatically mount partitions in rescue mode, if the partition is unreadable, it says along the lines of:

Partition unreadable
Would you like to ERASE ALL DATA?

The default option is 'yes'. 

This is very dangerous.  During a Bomgar session, with a customer who had 50 unreadable LUNs, we spent about 30 minutes choosing no, and pressing enter.

By providing a 'skip mounting all unreadable partitions' option, or similar, will save GSS time and reduce the chances of customers unwantingly formatted their partitions. 

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
all

How reproducible:
Enter rescue mode on system with unreadable partitions

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Boot up system with many unreadable partitions (usually LUNs) in rescue mode
2. Select to mount partitions automatically

Actual results:
1. Prompt if you want to format unreadable partition /dev/sdg2
3. Prompted again and again until all cycled through all partitions on system (get coffee)
4. Finally get a shell prompt

Expected results:
1. Be prompted if you want to format unreadable partitions
2. Select 'skip all unreadable partitions'
3. Get a shell prompt

Additional info:
If we could set default to 'no' when it asks to ERASE ALL DATA that would be a bonus.
Comment 4 RHEL Program Management 2015-07-29 18:05:42 UTC 
Development Management has reviewed and declined this request.
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