[Fedora-livecd-list] 2 commits - HACKING tools/livecd-iso-to-disk.sh

[Brian C. Lane]

On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 03:54:10PM -0500, Frederick Grose wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 3:19 PM, Brian C. Lane <bcl at fedoraproject.org>wrote:
> 
 
> 
> Am I reading this patch correctly to mean that the previous target
> filesystem structure will be ignored in the format choice?
> 
> If so, I object.
> 
> Users are often unaware of the the implications of such a change, and a
> change may have effects we don't understand.  See for example,
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/How_to_Damage_a_FLASH_Storage_Device
> 

It has actually been acting that way for quite a while. This just makes
it explicit.

This only applies to formatting, and when we do that we are already
applying a new label and re-partitioning it. If there are specific
problems let's address those.

-- 
Brian C. Lane | Anaconda Team | IRC: bcl #anaconda | Port Orchard, WA (PST8PDT)
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