Bug 1047375 - cannot preserve /
Summary: cannot preserve /
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 629311
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: anaconda
Version: 20
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Anaconda Maintenance Team
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2013-12-30 19:05 UTC by Jan Kratochvil
Modified: 2014-01-16 20:56 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2014-01-16 20:56:53 UTC
Type: Bug
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Attachments (Terms of Use)
Anaconda screenshot (KVM reproducer). (33.89 KB, image/png)
2013-12-30 19:05 UTC, Jan Kratochvil
no flags Details
Anaconda still disallows installation after a reformat check+uncheck trick. (26.52 KB, image/png)
2013-12-30 19:06 UTC, Jan Kratochvil
no flags Details

Description Jan Kratochvil 2013-12-30 19:05:59 UTC
Created attachment 843492 [details]
Anaconda screenshot (KVM reproducer).

Description of problem:
I have huge RAID5 over all my disks as /.  With former Anaconda when yum distro upgrade broke my system I did
  cd /; mkdir old;mv * old/
and installed new OS there without reformatting the partition.
New Anaconda insists on clicking "reformat".  Where should I move out 1.5TB of my data?
I have off-site backup of important parts of it but that is off-topic here.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Fedora-20-x86_64-DVD.iso GA

How reproducible:
Always.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install any Fedora (used LUKS on top of mdadm RAID5) with one partition /.
   (Used also non-LUKS mdadm RAID1 /boot and LUKS mdadm RAID5 swap.)
2. cd /; mkdir old;mv * old/
3. Try to install new Fedora 20 x86_64 on top of it, preserving old/ there.

Actual results:
After clicking
  Mount Point: /
  Not checked "reformat".
  Update settings
Mount Point entry is cleared and the partition is not added to "New Fedora 20 Installation".

The screenshot shows a case where I put "Mount Point: /foo" there first clicking "reformat" and later cleared the checkbox "reformat".
Second screenshot shows that Anaconda still does not allow me to install Fedora.

Expected results:
Normally installed Fedora along the preserved "/old" directory.
I was using it regularly till approx. Fedora 15 or which version switched to new Anaconda.

Additional info:
Please no advices for more partitions (system+data).  That has no technical justification (besides workarounding an Anaconda regression).

Comment 1 Jan Kratochvil 2013-12-30 19:06:55 UTC
Created attachment 843493 [details]
Anaconda still disallows installation after a reformat check+uncheck trick.

Comment 2 Chris Lumens 2014-01-16 20:56:53 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 629311 ***


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