setup-storage and preserving partitions

[Michael Tautschnig]

> Hello!
> 
> I am continuing the old thread and my dialogue with Michael about
> setup-storage. Those new to the discussion may check the archives for
> the history... we started sometime in the spring :-)
> 
> I tested the fai_4.0~beta2+experimental11 with my test system designed
> to imitate a real-life disk layout from a laptop. The log is attached.
> 
> Things seem fine to me, except for the UUID creation commands in the end
> and even those *only* in the debug mode. I wonder if the UUID's shall be
> written onto disk even in the debug mode when no actual partitioning was
> done? Or is this a completely in-memory thing?
> 
> I think it is wrong to write anything onto disk in the debug mode.
> 

There's nothing being written in those commands - fai_vol-id just *reads* the
volume id (-u) or volume label (-l).

> I shall try the preserve_always:all next.
> 

Thanks a lot for testing, I'll reply to that email next :-)

Best,
Michael

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