Bug 25164

Summary: Obscure error message when trying to make big root partition.
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: Stephen Rasku <redhat>
Component: anacondaAssignee: Michael Fulbright <msf>
Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE QA Contact: Brock Organ <borgan>
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Description Stephen Rasku 2001-01-29 01:02:30 UTC 
I was using the GUI install to try and install beta-2 on a 1.2 G hard
drive.
I wanted to make a root partition of 1.1 G and a swap partition of 100 M.  
However, I can't make a partition bigger than 504 M.  It fails with the
error 
message "Couldn't fit boot partition".

However,  if I make a 10 M /boot partition first I can make a big root
partition after that.  I assume that this is some 1024 cylinder limit for
the /boot partition.  It would be nice if there was a button on the error
dialog box, "About this error", which would display something like:

	You have attempted to make a partition larger than the 1024 cylinder limit
for the
	/boot partition.  It is recommended that you make a small /boot partition
before 
	making the rest of your partitions.

Or something like that.
Comment 1 Michael Fulbright 2001-01-30 00:38:33 UTC 
Probably will address before GOLD release.