Bug 133

Summary:	installer wipes all hard drives for server install
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Preston Brown <pbrown>
Component:	installer	Assignee:	Matt Wilson <msw>
Status:	CLOSED RAWHIDE	QA Contact:
Severity:	high	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	5.2	CC:	aleksey
Target Milestone:	---
Target Release:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Fixed In Version:		Doc Type:	Bug Fix
Doc Text:		Story Points:	---
Clone Of:		Environment:
Last Closed:	2000-02-10 18:33:34 UTC	Type:	---
Regression:	---	Mount Type:	---
Documentation:	---	CRM:
Verified Versions:		Category:	---
oVirt Team:	---	RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
Cloudforms Team:	---	Target Upstream Version:

Description Preston Brown 1998-11-19 16:57:03 UTC

The installer happily wipes all drives present on the system
when doing a server install, but then proceeds to only use
one of them.  Perhaps this is not the best idea.

Comment 1 ee 1998-12-09 06:00:59 UTC

The installation manual clearly states that all disk
space will be cleared. It may not be a good idea, (I
nearly missed that fact when I read the book,) but I
hardly think that one can classify a documented feature
as a bug.

Comment 2 dank 1999-02-05 17:20:59 UTC

A recent negative evaluation of Red Hat mentioned this as
one of the many stumbling blocks encountered during testing.
See http://worldserver2.oleane.com/dmartin/Linux.htm#pgfId=1004

IMHO it's scary to know that the installer would do something
so counterintuitive.  Even if it warns the user, it's still
dangerous.  Everyone knows users don't read the screen...

Comment 3 Preston Brown 1999-03-18 15:21:59 UTC

Matt, do we still wipe all disks, but then only use one of them? If
so, why?  Please resolve this bug in some fashion, either with won't
fix or fixed, and an explanation.

Comment 4 Jay Turner 2000-02-10 18:11:59 UTC

This bug is fixed in the latest version of the installer (available in beta)