Bug 873994

Summary: Anaconda doesn't remember where to put partitions
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Martin Banas <mbanas>
Component: anacondaAssignee: David Lehman <dlehman>
Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 18CC: awilliam, g.kaviyarasu, jonathan, mbanas, vanmeeuwen+fedora
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Last Closed: 2012-11-30 07:47:27 UTC Type: Bug
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Description Martin Banas 2012-11-07 08:38:20 UTC
Description of problem:
Anaconda doesn't remember user choice of where to put the partitions.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
anaconda-18-24.1.fc18
Fedora-18-Beta-TC7

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. On system with 3 disks (10G, 15G, 15G), start Fedora-Beta-TC7 installation
2. Proceed to main hub, choose partitioning
3. Choose all disks
4. Click on let me customize disks instead and select "plain" for partitioning scheme
5. Delete all the partitions
6. Create 500MB /boot partition
7. Click on 2 wheels to select where to put the /boot partition, select only first 10GB disk, click on "Apply changes"
8. Click again on 2 wheels to select where to put the /boot partition

Actual results:
Anaconda doesn't remember where user previously selected the partition to be placed

Expected results:
Anaconda should show correct partition after user selects one.

Additional info:

Comment 1 Martin Banas 2012-11-07 08:38:45 UTC
Created attachment 639901 [details]
anaconda.log

Comment 2 Martin Banas 2012-11-07 08:38:47 UTC
Created attachment 639902 [details]
program.log

Comment 3 Martin Banas 2012-11-07 08:38:50 UTC
Created attachment 639903 [details]
step6.png

Comment 4 Martin Banas 2012-11-07 08:38:53 UTC
Created attachment 639904 [details]
step7.png

Comment 5 Martin Banas 2012-11-07 08:38:56 UTC
Created attachment 639905 [details]
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Comment 6 Martin Banas 2012-11-07 08:39:00 UTC
Created attachment 639906 [details]
step9.png

Comment 7 Martin Banas 2012-11-07 08:39:02 UTC
Created attachment 639907 [details]
storage.log

Comment 8 Martin Banas 2012-11-07 08:39:05 UTC
Created attachment 639908 [details]
storage.state

Comment 9 Martin Banas 2012-11-07 08:39:08 UTC
Created attachment 639909 [details]
syslog

Comment 10 Fedora Update System 2012-11-10 00:57:03 UTC
anaconda-18.28-1.fc18 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 18.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-17823/anaconda-18.28-1.fc18

Comment 11 Fedora Update System 2012-11-10 19:39:59 UTC
Package anaconda-18.28-1.fc18:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 18 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing anaconda-18.28-1.fc18'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-17823/anaconda-18.28-1.fc18
then log in and leave karma (feedback).

Comment 12 Adam Williamson (Red Hat non-Fedora) 2012-11-23 06:32:42 UTC
Martin: can you re-test with Beta RC1 and confirm? Thanks!

Comment 13 Martin Banas 2012-11-30 07:47:27 UTC
Verified on  anaconda-18.29.2-1, this error no longer occurs and anaconda remembers correctly where the partitions should be.