Bug 573707

Summary:	Attempt to force an extended partition to be primary results in a crash.
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Igor Katalnikov <igor.katalnikov>
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:	11	CC:	anaconda-maint-list, jonathan, vanmeeuwen+fedora
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Description Igor Katalnikov 2010-03-15 15:57:07 UTC

Problem still exists in Fedora 13 alpha graphic install.

Steps to Reproduce:
1.During installation choose Custom partition layout.
2.Create (per abius) an extended partition.
3.Choose extended partition.
4.Push edit button.
  
Actual results:
Fedora 11: Installer crash with bug message.
Fedora 12/13: Computer freezes. 

Expected results:

Window with partition info to choose "Force primary"


Additional info:

Tested on 2 different types hardware.

Comment 1 Chris Lumens 2010-03-15 17:28:28 UTC

When you say the computer freezes on F13, what do you mean?  Can you still change ttys (ctrl-alt-f2)?  Are the keyboard LEDs blinking?  Any other information you can provide?

Comment 2 Igor Katalnikov 2010-03-16 12:15:39 UTC

I managed to reproduce this bug on F11 where ABRT directed me to bug 502092. So it seems to be a duplicate.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 502092 ***