Bug 51637
Summary: | fdisk creation of swap doesn't work | ||
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Product: | [Retired] Red Hat Linux | Reporter: | Chris Ricker <chris.ricker> |
Component: | anaconda | Assignee: | Brent Fox <bfox> |
Status: | CLOSED RAWHIDE | QA Contact: | Brock Organ <borgan> |
Severity: | high | Docs Contact: | |
Priority: | high | ||
Version: | 7.3 | ||
Target Milestone: | --- | ||
Target Release: | --- | ||
Hardware: | i386 | ||
OS: | Linux | ||
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Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | |
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Last Closed: | 2001-08-15 22:01:07 UTC | Type: | --- |
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oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
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Description
Chris Ricker
2001-08-13 14:16:10 UTC
We have been discussion how to handle your original situation better. The issue arises because the GNU parted library we are using for partitioning now looks at the actual filesystem on the partition to determine its 'type'. This does not have to match the numeric partition type code stored in the partition table, which leads to the confusing situation you encountered. There wasn't really room in the main Disk Druid interface to show both the partition type and the filesystem type unfortunately. I am thinking about adding a dialog which pops up when you enter the Disk Druid screen to report when there is a mismatch of this type. That way the user will have a better understanding of the situation. This defect is considered SHOULD-FIX for Fairfax. This should be handled more sanely in RC1. |