Bug 21254

Summary:	can't get past partition screen/large disk
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Need Real Name <hlewis>
Component:	installer	Assignee:	Brock Organ <borgan>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	Brock Organ <borgan>
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Version:	7.0
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Description Need Real Name 2000-11-22 17:38:53 UTC

If you can access support number 161198 it is all explained there, and 
your support people suggested I contacdt you.

I have a 40GB disk, and want to install linux on the top 10GB (W2000 
occupies the bottom 30GB), booting from a diskette (since I don't want to 
tinker with my MBR). When I partition correctly (root, boot, and swap) all 
show that they were successfully created, but the NEXT button doesn't 
light. I only suspect that it is the large disk, and your support people 
have run out of ideas.

All the specifics are in the exchanges with support. I've previously run 
RH linux (earlier versions) on two other machines, with no problems.

Hal Lewis

Comment 1 Michael Fulbright 2000-11-29 20:32:25 UTC

Assigning to QA to reproduce.

Comment 2 Brock Organ 2000-12-04 21:41:37 UTC

Hi Hal,

We are having trouble seeing this problem (we don't have the exact disk you do)
... just a couple of questions (maybe you already answered, if so, please bear
with me! :) )

* Are you able to create the partitions using fdisk, and then assign mount points?
* In expert mode, are you able to create one single linux partition, and then
assign the / mount points and advance ...?
* could you attach the output of fdisk -l for your drive (ie list your partition
table) ...?

Comment 3 Need Real Name 2000-12-05 20:03:47 UTC

Answers:
Yes, I had no trouble creating Ext 2 partitions (all three), and assigning 
mount points /, /boot/ and /swap. The system kept asking for a mount point for 
my W2000 partition, and I gave it /w2k, but that didn't seem to matter.
I can't supply fdisk -l because I erased it all, but I had done so before, and 
it all reported as normal. Partition magic listed all the partitions, including 
the NTFS partition for W2k and the three ext2 partitions for linux.

I also hate to tell you, but Caldera's version 2.4 installed without a hitch, 
and with no participation on my part. I'd still much rather use RH, because 
that is what I am used to, but ...

Comment 4 Michael Fulbright 2000-12-27 17:30:53 UTC

There are several large disk problems which the coming 2.4 kernel will correct.