Bug 1300589

Summary:	"--recommended" option doesn't work for "part /boot"
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	Reporter:	Zhang Yi <yizhan>
Component:	anaconda	Assignee:	Anaconda Maintenance Team <anaconda-maint-list>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	Release Test Team <release-test-team-automation>
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Version:	6.8	CC:	dlehman
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Description Zhang Yi 2016-01-21 08:57:48 UTC

Description of problem:
"--recommended" option doesn't work for "part /boot"

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
anaconda installer init version 13.21.243

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1. execute job https://beaker.engineering.redhat.com/jobs/1197563
2. Wait for installation
3.

Actual results:
Below configure doesn't work on RHEL6.8, but it works on RHEL7.2
part raid.01 --grow
part /boot --asprimary --fstype="ext4" --recommended

After change as below, it works on RHEL6.8
part raid.01 --size=1 --grow
part /boot --asprimary --fstype="ext4" --size=512

Expected results:


Additional info:
The following error was found while parsing the kickstart   
│     
│ configuration file:    
│     
│    
│      
│ The following problem occurred on line 17 of the kickstart file: │      
│    
│      
│ Partition requires a size specification

Comment 2 David Lehman 2016-01-21 16:05:33 UTC

The --recommended option has never been meaningful for anything other than swap devices. The reason you don't get an error in RHEL-7 is that there is a default size of 500 MiB for new partitions there. This is not the case in RHEL-6, which is extremely unlikely to change.

Comment 3 Zhang Yi 2016-01-22 03:00:27 UTC

(In reply to David Lehman from comment #2)
> The --recommended option has never been meaningful for anything other than
> swap devices. The reason you don't get an error in RHEL-7 is that there is a
> default size of 500 MiB for new partitions there. This is not the case in
> RHEL-6, which is extremely unlikely to change.

Thanks David.
How about below:

RHEL7 works with "part raid.01 --grow"

RHEL6.8 doesn't work with it, but works with below
part raid.01 --size=1 --grow

Are we planning to change them same with RHEL7?

Comment 4 David Lehman 2016-01-26 13:22:21 UTC

There are no plans to change RHEL7 to match RHEL6 in this regard.

Comment 6 Jan Kurik 2017-12-06 12:41:43 UTC

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 is in the Production 3 Phase. During the Production 3 Phase, Critical impact Security Advisories (RHSAs) and selected Urgent Priority Bug Fix Advisories (RHBAs) may be released as they become available.

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This issue does not meet the inclusion criteria for the Production 3 Phase and will be marked as CLOSED/WONTFIX. If this remains a critical requirement, please contact Red Hat Customer Support to request a re-evaluation of the issue, citing a clear business justification. Note that a strong business justification will be required for re-evaluation. Red Hat Customer Support can be contacted via the Red Hat Customer Portal at the following URL:

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