#9612 NORM 1.5-F11: Abruptly turning off XO-1.5 right after initial boot destroys system

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#9612: Abruptly turning off XO-1.5 right after initial boot destroys system
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           Reporter:  wad     |       Owner:  marco                            
               Type:  defect  |      Status:  new                              
           Priority:  normal  |   Milestone:  1.5-F11                          
          Component:  sugar   |     Version:  Development build as of this date
         Resolution:          |    Keywords:                                   
        Next_action:  design  |    Verified:  0                                
Deployment_affected:          |   Blockedby:                                   
           Blocking:          |  
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Comment(by Quozl):

 Blame ext4.  This is the expected outcome of ext4 data loss.

 The files in the .sugar directory contain zero bytes, yet have a length
 corresponding to what should have been there.  In particular, owner.key is
 causing Sugar to die.

 I'll attach a file containing /home/olpc/.sugar in three states on os34:

  * after first boot and before any keyboard interaction,
  * after power cycle and before any keyboard interaction, (this state
 exhibited the problem),
  * after the workaround is applied.

 I did a three-way diff with kdiff3, it was very instructive.

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