Bug 170496

Summary: installer fails to format hda2
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Ryan Montgomery <monty_rocks_84>
Component: anacondaAssignee: Anaconda Maintenance Team <anaconda-maint-list>
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE QA Contact: Mike McLean <mikem>
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Description Ryan Montgomery 2005-10-12 12:50:59 UTC
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Description of problem:
when attempting to install fedora core 4 i get up to the bit where it starts to format the hard drive into the specified partitions when it encounters a problem and tells me it cannot format hda2 and that it must reboot

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How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.follow the setup procedures in the manual
2.when it gets to the ready to install part it fails with the formatting
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Actual Results:  closed the error dialog box and the machine restarted 

Expected Results:  it should have set up the partitions as specified earlier in the instalation procedure and then finished installing the program

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Comment 1 Jeremy Katz 2005-10-15 15:07:35 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 160693 ***