Hello !
Mx linux 18.3. When running the live CD, run the installer, choose preserve data in /home, click next, eat this error :
https://i.imgur.com/CaAB5AL.png
my /home is not encrypted.
Help ?
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the data in /home can not be preserved
- dolphin_oracle
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Re: the data in /home can not be preserved
please post the /var/log/minstall.log.
http://www.youtube.com/runwiththedolphin
lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 4 - MX-23
FYI: mx "test" repo is not the same thing as debian testing repo.
lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 4 - MX-23
FYI: mx "test" repo is not the same thing as debian testing repo.
Re: the data in /home can not be preserved
Is your pre-existing /home under another user name?
I've no idea if that makes a difference but I'm asking.
I've no idea if that makes a difference but I'm asking.
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Clevo N130WU-based Ultrabook: Intel i7-8550U (Kaby Lake R), 16GB RAM, Intel integrated graphics (UEFI)
ASUS X42D laptop: AMD Phenom II, 6GB RAM, Mobility Radeon HD 5400
- dolphin_oracle
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Re: the data in /home can not be preserved
It shouldn't make a difference. at this stage in the installer we are only looking for the partition. the user hasn't even been defined yet.
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lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 4 - MX-23
FYI: mx "test" repo is not the same thing as debian testing repo.
lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 4 - MX-23
FYI: mx "test" repo is not the same thing as debian testing repo.
Re: the data in /home can not be preserved
Thanks @dolphine_oracle ! So I think the problem is that I chose to install MX Linux over a partition that has already been hosting another distribution with a btrfs filesystem. This means that at the top of the partition there is a "@" folder before the slash "/" folder :
When the installer wants to mount the /home partition it tries to put it in /mnt/antiX/home, but that directory doesn't exist, it should be mounted in /mnt/antiX/@/home/, so the mount exits with error code 32, as shown in the logs :
I don't really know if this can be fixed ?
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$ sudo mount /dev/sda9 /mnt/antiX/ -o ro
demo@mx1:~
$ ls /mnt/antiX/@/
bin/ home/ lib64/ proc/ sys/ vmlinuz.old
boot/ initrd.img libx32/ root/ tmp/
dev/ initrd.img.old media/ run/ usr/
etc/ lib/ mnt/ sbin/ var/
fstab lib32/ opt/ srv/ vmlinuz
demo@mx1:~
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2019-07-18 09:16:25.383 DBG default: "/bin/mount /dev/sda9 /mnt/antiX -o ro"
2019-07-18 09:16:26.075 DBG default: exit code: 0
2019-07-18 09:16:26.075 DBG default: +++ bool MInstall::mountPartition(QString, QString, QString) +++
2019-07-18 09:16:26.079 DBG default: "/bin/mount /dev/sda6 /mnt/antiX/home -o ro"
2019-07-18 09:16:26.087 DBG default: exit code: 32
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Re: the data in /home can not be preserved
probably not right away.
Here's the work around for you. You could just install with /home to the root directory, then add your home folder afterwards via fstab.
Here's the work around for you. You could just install with /home to the root directory, then add your home folder afterwards via fstab.
http://www.youtube.com/runwiththedolphin
lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 4 - MX-23
FYI: mx "test" repo is not the same thing as debian testing repo.
lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 4 - MX-23
FYI: mx "test" repo is not the same thing as debian testing repo.
Re: the data in /home can not be preserved
As always, thanks for the tip :) (and quick follow up)dolphin_oracle wrote: ↑Thu Jul 18, 2019 9:53 am probably not right away.
Here's the work around for you. You could just install with /home to the root directory, then add your home folder afterwards via fstab.