Bug 1044849
| Summary: | Anaconda refuses to install on GPT disk with partition starting below sector 2048 | ||||||||||
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| Product: | [Fedora] Fedora | Reporter: | Rod Smith <rodsmith> | ||||||||
| Component: | anaconda | Assignee: | Brian Lane <bcl> | ||||||||
| Status: | CLOSED ERRATA | QA Contact: | Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa> | ||||||||
| Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |||||||||
| Priority: | unspecified | ||||||||||
| Version: | 20 | CC: | anaconda-maint-list, awilliam, bugzilla, g.kaviyarasu, john.mora, jonathan, rodsmith, vanmeeuwen+fedora | ||||||||
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| Hardware: | x86_64 | ||||||||||
| OS: | Linux | ||||||||||
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| Fixed In Version: | anaconda-21.48.10-1.fc21 | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | ||||||||
| Doc Text: | Story Points: | --- | |||||||||
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| Last Closed: | 2014-10-20 23:01:58 UTC | Type: | Bug | ||||||||
| Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- | ||||||||
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| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |||||||||
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Created attachment 838770 [details]
gdisk output showing partitions that lead to bug
Created attachment 838771 [details]
Screen shot showing partition settings in Anaconda
Screen shot was taken from a run prior to the one that produced the Anaconda log and gdisk output; the partitions may be slightly different between these runs.
It's possible that https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1003103 and/or https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=972906 have the same underlying cause as this bug. To be clear, is this a UEFI native install or a BIOS native install? Thanks! If the former, it appears that check needs to be conditionalized and run only for BIOS installs. As stated in the question, this is on a BIOS-mode installation. oh, d'oh, right at the start. read that twice and somehow missed it. There's a GRUB2.check method that handles this check for adequate gap space. It has an incorrect assumption that if a BIOS boot partition is present it will always be the first partition on the disk. It should probably just require that either the gap be sufficiently large or that there is a BIOS boot partition anywhere on the disk. grub-install should find BIOS Boot partitiontypeGUID anywhere on the disk. That's been my experience so far, intentionally putting it at the end of the disk and even wedged in between two file system partitions. anaconda-21.48.10-1.fc21 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 21. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/anaconda-21.48.10-1.fc21 Package anaconda-21.48.10-1.fc21, pykickstart-1.99.63-2.fc21, python-blivet-0.61.5-1.fc21: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora 21 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing anaconda-21.48.10-1.fc21 pykickstart-1.99.63-2.fc21 python-blivet-0.61.5-1.fc21' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2014-12944/pykickstart-1.99.63-2.fc21,python-blivet-0.61.5-1.fc21,anaconda-21.48.10-1.fc21 then log in and leave karma (feedback). anaconda-21.48.10-1.fc21, pykickstart-1.99.63-2.fc21, python-blivet-0.61.5-1.fc21 has been pushed to the Fedora 21 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. |
Created attachment 838769 [details] Anaconda log file showing the failure Description of problem: When installing in BIOS mode to a GPT hard disk with an EFI System Partition that starts at sector 40, Anaconda refuses to accept the partitions, and insists that "sda may not have enough space for grub2 to embed core.img when using the ext2 filesystem on partition." A BIOS Boot Partition *IS* present on the disk (I've tested with sizes up to 12MiB). Adjusting the EFI System Partition so that it begins on sector 2048 enables installation to proceed. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Fedora 20 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Create disk layout with an ESP that begins at sector 40 and with subsequent partitions after that point. 2. Start the Fedora installation medium and Anaconda. 3. Tell Anaconda where each partition should be mounted. 4. Watch it fail. Actual results: Anaconda fails with the message ""sda may not have enough space for grub2 to embed core.img when using the ext2 filesystem on partition." Expected results: Anaconda should accept the partitions. Additional info: