Bug#818136: systemd: slashes in partition labels

Sven Joachim svenjoac at gmx.de
Wed May 4 17:37:20 BST 2016


On 2016-03-13 23:09 -0400, Pat Hooper wrote:

> Package: systemd
> Version: 229-2
>
> Including a slash (/) in a partition label leads to systemd not being able
> to check the partition for errors. This in turn lead to problems accessing
> the partition (with no obvious acknowledgement of problems to the user). I
> and perhaps others dealing with this bug may erroneously suspect hard disk
> issues.
>
> I was able to work around this bug by removing the slashes from the labels
> of the relevant partition.

I had the same problem with systemd 229-2, but found no time to debug
it, so changed the labels.  When I tried to reproduce the bug now (with
systemd 229-5), I failed.  No idea why, the changes between 229-2 and
229-5 do not seem to be relevant.

Pat, do you still experience this bug?

Cheers,
       Sven



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