Bug 498820

Summary:	Anaconda crashes while tying to create custom partition layout
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Valent Turkovic <valent.turkovic>
Component:	anaconda	Assignee:	Anaconda Maintenance Team <anaconda-maint-list>
Status:	CLOSED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Priority:	low
Version:	rawhide	CC:	anaconda-maint-list, jlaska, pbrobinson, pjones, rmaximo, vanmeeuwen+fedora
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Description Valent Turkovic 2009-05-03 16:26:57 UTC

Description of problem:
I tried to create custom partition layout (delete some existing partitions and create new ones in free space).

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1. delete any partition to create free space
2. try to create custion partition layout with separate /boot / and /home partitions
3. fail :(
  
Actual results:


Expected results:


Additional info:

Comment 1 Valent Turkovic 2009-05-03 18:19:43 UTC

I had trouble attaching my crash report so here is the link to it:
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/184632/anaconda_crash.txt

Comment 2 Peter Robinson 2009-05-04 11:49:05 UTC

I think this is the same thing I was seeing with custom partitions. I reported a bug which was DUPED to bug 495156

Comment 3 James Laska 2009-05-04 12:24:15 UTC

Attaching shortened version of traceback included in comment#1 for easier searching

anaconda None exception report
Traceback (most recent call first):
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/storage/devicetree.py", line 700, in _removeDevice
    "Logical partitions present." % dev.name)
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/storage/devicetree.py", line 736, in registerAction
    self._removeDevice(action.device)
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/storage/__init__.py", line 645, in destroyDevice
    self.devicetree.registerAction(action)
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/partIntfHelpers.py", line 165, in doDeleteDependentDevices
    storage.destroyDevice(dep)
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/iw/partition_gui.py", line 974, in deleteCB
    device):
ValueError: Cannot remove extended partition sda4.  Logical partitions present.

Comment 4 Chris Lumens 2009-05-29 15:14:28 UTC

Forward duping this bug to one that was tracking this specific problem with that error message in the title.  Thanks for the bug report.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 500808 ***