Bug 388301
Summary: | anaconda throws exception when trying to create more than 4 primary partitions | ||
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Product: | [Fedora] Fedora | Reporter: | Roland Schnabel <roland.schnabel> |
Component: | anaconda | Assignee: | David Cantrell <dcantrell> |
Status: | CLOSED INSUFFICIENT_DATA | QA Contact: | Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa> |
Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |
Priority: | low | ||
Version: | 8 | ||
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Target Release: | --- | ||
Hardware: | i386 | ||
OS: | Linux | ||
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Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | |
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Last Closed: | 2008-08-06 20:54:52 UTC | Type: | --- |
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Description
Roland Schnabel
2007-11-17 12:41:21 UTC
Can you attach the complete traceback? Sorry, as this happens before hardware support is installed, and there is no floppy drive attached to my notebook, I am stuck with pen and paper. I am not sure how I can transfer the trace file from the installation machine without any network / mounted partitions / etc. Also because I have installed Fedora 8 in the meantime, there is no free space left on my notebook. So I can not reproduce the problem on this machine. I am trying to create the same environment on a different PC. With the Fedora 9 Preview release, I am unable to reproduce the actual results you describe in the opening comment. Some questions: 1) Is your disk using the DOS parititon table (MBR)? 2) When you were checking the 'Force to be a primary partition' in the Add Partition dialog? The DOS partition table only supports 4 primary partitions: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mbr If you were trying to add a 5th, anaconda will stop you. With the Fedora 9 Preview release, we are throwing an exception and catching it. We warn you and then put you back at the Add Partition dialog box so you can make changes (hopefully unchecking 'Force to be a primary partition'). I am unable to get it to crash given the situation you described. Can you try the Fedora 9 Preview release and see if the problem still occurs? |