Bug 103572 - want big FAT32 partitions in DiskDruid
Summary: want big FAT32 partitions in DiskDruid
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Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 69078
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: anaconda
Version: 9
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Jeremy Katz
QA Contact: Mike McLean
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2003-09-02 15:25 UTC by John Reiser
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:57 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2006-02-21 18:58:23 UTC
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Description John Reiser 2003-09-02 15:25:53 UTC
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Description of problem:
Please enable DiskDruid to create large FAT32 partitions (larger than 2GB). 
Being restricted to "vfat" and only 2GB or less is not helpful when trying to
install and/or upgrade a dual-boot RedHat/Windows machine.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
anaconda-9.0-4

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.During install, select Manual partitioning using DiskDruid.
2.Try to create a FAT32 partition of 6GB (anything more than 2GB).
3.
    

Actual Results:  The only partition type which is close is "vfat" [perhaps this
is technically correct, but a synonym of "FAT32" is much more user friendly],
and even vfat is restricted to no more than 2GB.

Expected Results:  FAT32 listed as a partition type [alias], with no restriction
to 2GB or less.

Additional info:

Workaround: use fdisk.  Go Back to Auto/Manual question dialog, type
<Ctrl><Alt>F2 to get a shell, invoke fdisk, create the partition, write
partition table, exit fdisk.  Type <Ctrl><Alt>F7 to get back to Auto/Manual
dialog page, select Manual with DiskDruid, click Forward to partition edit page.

Comment 1 Jeremy Katz 2003-09-02 15:45:17 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 69078 ***

Comment 2 Red Hat Bugzilla 2006-02-21 18:58:23 UTC
Changed to 'CLOSED' state since 'RESOLVED' has been deprecated.


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