Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: initscripts
When RAID fails because of disk failure a boot could alter the order of
the mdX partitions. If md4 failed to initialize md5 could become md4.
I have a deletion of the contents of a partition because of this (md4
was /tmp). Fortunately md5 was just /var/log so no very important data
was lost but anyway it was frightening just think on the possibility of
deleting de /home because of this.
A way of detecting if the partition is the real tmp would be really
nice. Perhaps a hidden file /tmp/.tmp_partition or better detecting if
there has been any problem with the boot process and skip the deletion.
For now on my /tmp partition will be always the last one.
** Affects: sysvinit (Ubuntu)
Importance: Untriaged
Status: Unconfirmed
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Risk of deleting important data when RAID fails
https://launchpad.net/bugs/61018
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