Bug 868588

Summary:

PartitioningError: partition is too large for BIOS Boot formatting (allowable size is 0 MB to 2 MB)

Product:

[Fedora] Fedora

Reporter:

Reartes Guillermo <rtguille>

Component:

anaconda

Assignee:

Anaconda Maintenance Team <anaconda-maint-list>

Status:

CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE

QA Contact:

Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>

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unspecified

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anaconda-maint-list, g.kaviyarasu, jonathan, vanmeeuwen+fedora

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x86_64

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Unspecified

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abrt_hash:0b90131ed529e37fa32e51b1fdd922db91e1cbb404994cd7be76d06b9b71f202

Fixed In Version:

anaconda-18.28-1

Doc Type:

Bug Fix

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Last Closed:

2012-11-14 15:38:30 UTC

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Description	Flags
File: anaconda-tb	none
File: product	none
File: type	none
File: ifcfg.log	none
File: storage.log	none
File: version	none
File: environ	none
File: anaconda.log	none
File: syslog	none
File: hashmarkername	none
File: packaging.log	none
File: cmdline_file	none
File: release	none
File: program.log	none
tried to remove a 'shadow' biosboot partition in unknown tree. (shadow = it is the same partition as / when i switched back from a 5g biosboot to an ext4 /)	none

Description Reartes Guillermo 2012-10-21 00:59:40 UTC

Description of problem:
switched partition to bios boot (previously /)

Version-Release number of selected component:
anaconda-18.19

Additional info:
libreport version: 2.0.14
cmdline:        /usr/bin/python  /sbin/anaconda
kernel:         3.6.1-1.fc18.x86_64

description:
:The following was filed automatically by anaconda:
:anaconda 18.19 exception report
:Traceback (most recent call first):
:  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/storage/partitioning.py", line 802, in doPartitioning
:    part.format.maxSize))
:  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/ui/gui/spokes/custom.py", line 430, in apply
:    doPartitioning(self.storage)
:  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/ui/gui/hubs/__init__.py", line 108, in _runSpoke
:    action.apply()
:  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/ui/gui/hubs/__init__.py", line 323, in _on_spoke_clicked
:    self._runSpoke(spoke)
:  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/ui/gui/hubs/__init__.py", line 338, in _on_spoke_clicked
:    self._on_spoke_clicked(self._spokes[dest].selector, None, self._spokes[dest])
:PartitioningError: partition is too large for BIOS Boot formatting (allowable size is 0 MB to 2 MB)

Comment 1 Reartes Guillermo 2012-10-21 00:59:55 UTC

Created attachment 630689 [details]
File: anaconda-tb

Comment 2 Reartes Guillermo 2012-10-21 00:59:57 UTC

Created attachment 630690 [details]
File: product

Comment 3 Reartes Guillermo 2012-10-21 00:59:59 UTC

Created attachment 630691 [details]
File: type

Comment 4 Reartes Guillermo 2012-10-21 01:00:02 UTC

Created attachment 630692 [details]
File: ifcfg.log

Comment 5 Reartes Guillermo 2012-10-21 01:00:10 UTC

Created attachment 630693 [details]
File: storage.log

Comment 6 Reartes Guillermo 2012-10-21 01:00:12 UTC

Created attachment 630694 [details]
File: version

Comment 7 Reartes Guillermo 2012-10-21 01:00:14 UTC

Created attachment 630695 [details]
File: environ

Comment 8 Reartes Guillermo 2012-10-21 01:00:18 UTC

Created attachment 630696 [details]
File: anaconda.log

Comment 9 Reartes Guillermo 2012-10-21 01:00:21 UTC

Created attachment 630697 [details]
File: syslog

Comment 10 Reartes Guillermo 2012-10-21 01:00:24 UTC

Created attachment 630698 [details]
File: hashmarkername

Comment 11 Reartes Guillermo 2012-10-21 01:00:26 UTC

Created attachment 630699 [details]
File: packaging.log

Comment 12 Reartes Guillermo 2012-10-21 01:00:28 UTC

Created attachment 630700 [details]
File: cmdline_file

Comment 13 Reartes Guillermo 2012-10-21 01:00:31 UTC

Created attachment 630701 [details]
File: release

Comment 14 Reartes Guillermo 2012-10-21 01:00:34 UTC

Created attachment 630702 [details]
File: program.log

Comment 15 Reartes Guillermo 2012-11-05 22:51:53 UTC

i deleted all partitions in the unknown tree
created with the wizard new ones
changed one of them to biosboot


Package: anaconda-18.24
OS Release: Fedora release 18-Beta-TC7

Comment 16 Chris Lumens 2012-11-13 16:21:42 UTC

I can't reproduce this with anaconda-18.28.  Now I see the red bar at the bottom with the error text.  Is this now better for you too?

Comment 17 Reartes Guillermo 2012-11-13 20:40:42 UTC

Created attachment 644377 [details]
tried to remove a 'shadow' biosboot partition in unknown tree. (shadow = it is the same partition as / when i switched back from a 5g biosboot to an ext4 /)

I no longer get the error described in comment #0. So at least the 'unknown error' part is solved. :-)

However, i can still cheat anaconda to do some weird stuff, for example what happened in the screen-shot. (maybe a new bug-report is needed?).

Comment 18 Chris Lumens 2012-11-14 15:38:30 UTC

Yeah, a new bug report would be for the best.  We try to keep bugs to a single issue so we know when something's fixed.