Bug 115564

Summary: FC2 test1 install won't work with lvm on non-partitioned hard disk
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Andreas Müller <redhat>
Component: anacondaAssignee: Jeremy Katz <katzj>
Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE QA Contact: Mike McLean <mikem>
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Description Andreas Müller 2004-02-13 16:02:32 UTC 
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Description of problem:
I have my /home partition on lvm1. The first physical volume of the
volume group is on partition /dev/hda4, the second one on /dev/hdb.
Note that I really mean the entire disk, there is no partition table
on /dev/hdb. This worked with FC1.

When trying to upgrade to FC2 test1, the installer says that it cannot
find a partition table on /dev/hdb (that's correct) an asked me if it
should setup one or leave the disk alone. I've chosen the second
option. In the next step, the installer hangs, see attachment.

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How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Setup FC1 with lvm on entire disk.
2. Upgrade to FC2 test1.


Actual Results:  The installer hangs, see attachment.

Expected Results:  I don't think that using lvm on an entire disk is
supported, but anaconda shouldn't crash if I have such a
constellation. I would be nice if such things could be detected (as
the lvm tools correctly detected my volume group) in future releases.

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Comment 1 Andreas Müller 2004-02-13 16:04:10 UTC 
Created attachment 97649 [details]
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Comment 2 Andreas Müller 2004-02-13 16:07:06 UTC 
Oh, typo in the last sentence: s/I would be nice/It would be nice/

Andreas
Comment 3 Jeremy Katz 2004-02-18 00:37:33 UTC 
It's not supported (loss of the partition table information makes it
really difficult to do sane things and also leads to problems in a lot
of cases and so is highly not recommended).  But I've fixed the traceback
Comment 4 Andreas Müller 2004-03-29 17:44:17 UTC 
OK, tested with FC2test2, works now. Thanks!