Bug 689618

Summary: No option to set a ext4 partition in the Graphical 5.6 installer
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Reporter: Victor Sira <vsira>
Component: anacondaAssignee: Anaconda Maintenance Team <anaconda-maint-list>
Status: CLOSED NOTABUG QA Contact: Release Test Team <release-test-team>
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Description Victor Sira 2011-03-21 22:00:13 UTC
Description of problem:

When using the Graphical Installer there is not support for partitions of ext4 even though, ext4 is supported in RHEL 5.6

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

How reproducible:

Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Start the installer in graphical mode. Try to create a partition using ext4
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Actual results:
Not possible, only ext2 and ext3 listed.

Expected results:
Should be able to set ext3 as a partition.

Additional info:

Comment 1 Chris Lumens 2011-03-22 13:00:00 UTC
You must pass the "ext4" command line option to use ext4 in anaconda.