Bug 50544
| Summary: | Anaconda does not check size of vfat partition | ||
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| Product: | [Retired] Red Hat Linux | Reporter: | Stephen John Smoogen <smooge> |
| Component: | anaconda | Assignee: | Jeremy Katz <katzj> |
| Status: | CLOSED RAWHIDE | QA Contact: | Brock Organ <borgan> |
| Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | medium | ||
| Version: | 7.3 | ||
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| Hardware: | i386 | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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| Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | |
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| Last Closed: | 2001-08-01 15:29:10 UTC | Type: | --- |
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mkdosfs has the ability to make FAT32, so this should be correctable. A little math and an extra command line parameter conditionally passed, and we are done. For now, just limiting FAT partitions to two gigs. The primary reason for allowing the formatting of FAT partitions is for /boot/efi on ia64 and adding the added complication to pass down partition size complications into the formatting layer isn't worth it at this point. |
Description of Problem: When trying to format a vfat partition, anaconda does not check to see how large the partition is. I was able to tell it to make a 6 gig vfat partition (which when allowed I thought cool.. its going to make it fat32). It then sent the partition to mkfsdos which of course complained that it cant make a fat16 partition larger than X gigs in size. How Reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. Go through install via autopartioning and skip a drive 2. Try to create a >2 gig VFAT partition when it asks if you want any changes. 3. Watch anaconda burn. Actual Results: Anaconda died with 'unexpected error.. need to reboot.' Expected Results: One of several 1) It somehow makes a FAT32 partition if the size of the partition is greater than 2 gigs. 2) It tells me I cant make a partition bigger than 2 gigs. Additional Information: