(Using amd64 livecd 48c4536699d325524321c0ee6736b78a) If a partition is still mounted, the partitioning code dumps a traceback and exits. After that, install_failed_cleanup() is called, which unmounts the partitions. IMO GLI should just unmount the partition before partitioning and then continue, as it would unmount them anyway. GLI: August 21 2006 01:03:44 - DEBUG: Event() cleared at top of 'while' loop in CC in secondary thr ead...starting step 0, Partition GLI: August 21 2006 01:03:44 - partition(): Processing /dev/sda... GLI: August 21 2006 01:03:44 - Exception received during 'Partition': PartitionsMountedError :FATAL : partition: Cannot partition /dev/sda due to filesystems being mounted GLI: August 21 2006 01:03:44 - Traceback (most recent call last): GLI: August 21 2006 01:03:44 - File "/opt/installer/GLIClientController.py", line 197, in run self._install_steps[self._install_step]['function']() GLI: August 21 2006 01:03:44 - File "/opt/installer/templates/x86ArchitectureTemplate.py", line 404 , in partition raise GLIException("PartitionsMountedError", 'fatal', 'partition', "Cannot partition " + device + " due to filesystems being mounted") GLI: August 21 2006 01:03:44 - GLIException: PartitionsMountedError :FATAL: partition: Cannot parti tion /dev/sda due to filesystems being mounted GLI: August 21 2006 01:03:44 - DEBUG: waiting at top of 'while' loop in CC in secondary thread...wa iting to start step 1, Mount local partitions GLI: August 21 2006 01:03:45 - DEBUG: install_failed_cleanup(): gathering mounts to unmount GLI: August 21 2006 01:03:45 - DEBUG: install_failed_cleanup(): running: umount -l /mnt/gentoo GLI: August 21 2006 01:03:45 - DEBUG: install_failed_cleanup(): running: umount -l GLI: August 21 2006 01:03:45 - DEBUG: install_failed_cleanup(): running: cp /tmp/compile_output.log /tmp/compile_output.log.failed then removing /tmp/compile_output.log
Aborting if there are mounted partitions is the desired behavior. if they are mounted we must assume they are mounted for a good reason. unmounting is not a good solution. why were you mounting things?
well, that might be, but then it'd be better to not unmount those 'mounted for a good reason' partitions. in my case i mounted a partition to check that i'd not erase any data because sda became sdb or such.
Okay, the fact that the installer unmounts the mounted partition that caused the problem in the first place is a "bug". The only time it happens is when the install fails because a partition on a disk it's going to touch is mounted, but I suppose it needs to be fixed anyway. The solution is to make a list of everything that's been mounted and use that to umount, instead of the output of 'mount | grep ^/mnt/gentoo'.
This has been fixed.
