Bug 8488

Summary:	GUI DiskDruid Does not allow /dev/hda1 for /boot
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Stephen John Smoogen <smooge>
Component:	installer	Assignee:	Jay Turner <jturner>
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Version:	6.2	CC:	srevivo
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Description Stephen John Smoogen 2000-01-15 18:14:22 UTC

CPU:
 Pentium 133mhz
 128 kb Cache
 APM: Disabled
Memory:
 32 Mb of 72 pin RAM
PCI Bus:
 ARK Logic Stingray
ISA Bus:
 3c509B
  io=0x300 irq=05 xcvr=BNC
 AHA1542CP
  io=0x330 irq=11 dma=5
 Soundblaster 16
  io=      irq=   dma=
USB Bus:
 NONE
IDE Bus:
 hda: 320 Mb Western Digital
 hdb: 540 Mb Quantum
 hdc: 540 Mb Quantum
SCSI Bus:
 2x Cdrom SCSI ID 4
Parallel Port Bus:
 Backpack Cdrom

All drives are empty with no partitions on them. Diskdruid continually
places /boot on /dev/hdb1 which for this 486 can cause problems. Going to
fdisk seems to allow me to place drives on appropriate partitions (however
next screen causes Python traceback which will be in next bug report).

Stephen Smoogen

Comment 1 Erik Troan 2000-02-03 16:19:59 UTC

Hardware fluke -- using fdisk is the only answer. We can't tell if hdb is
valid for booting or not, and it almost alaways is.