Bug 112092 - unable to create boot partition successfully.
Summary: unable to create boot partition successfully.
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: anaconda
Version: 8.0
Hardware: i686
OS: Linux
high
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Jeremy Katz
QA Contact: Mike McLean
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2003-12-14 14:33 UTC by bhaskar12881
Modified: 2005-10-31 22:00 UTC (History)
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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2004-10-05 03:36:22 UTC
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anaconda bug report (43.77 KB, text/plain)
2003-12-14 14:36 UTC, bhaskar12881
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Description bhaskar12881 2003-12-14 14:33:08 UTC
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Description of problem:
Warning about booting constraints of /boot partition during partitioning.

After installation,the system doesnt boot.i used grub as the boot
loader and it gives error no 28:selected item too big to fit in
memory.vmlinuz-2.4.18-14 unable to load the kernel.

However the system does boot using a boot disk.  

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


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.select automatic partitioning
2.use existing free space to create partiton
3.select ok
    

Actual Results:  the partitions were created but with warnings 

Expected Results:  no warnings ,partitions created successfully.

Additional info:

i have pasted the text as instructed by the installer during the
installation process. 


Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/iw/partition_gui.py", line 916, in
treeActivateCb
    self.editCb()
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/iw/partition_gui.py", line 1029, in editCb
    self.editPartitionRequest(request)
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/iw/partition_gui.py", line 1092, in
editPartitionRequest
    raise RuntimeError, ("Returning partitions to state "
RuntimeError: Returning partitions to state prior to edit failed

Local variables in innermost frame:
origrequest: New Part Request -- mountpoint: /boot uniqueID: 24
  type: ext3  format: 1  badblocks: None
  device: hda7 drive: ['hda']  primary: None
  size: 100  grow: 0  maxsize: None
  start: None  end: None  migrate: None  origfstype: None
parteditor: <partition_dialog_gui.PartitionEditor instance at 0x869558c>
request: New Part Request -- mountpoint: /boot uniqueID: 24
  type: ext3  format: 1  badblocks: None
  device: None drive: None  primary: 1
  size: 100  grow: None  maxsize: None
  start: None  end: None  migrate: None  origfstype: None
self: <partition_gui.PartitionWindow instance at 0x889d734>
isNew: 0

Comment 1 bhaskar12881 2003-12-14 14:36:22 UTC
Created attachment 96522 [details]
anaconda bug report

Comment 2 Jeremy Katz 2003-12-19 23:03:44 UTC
Is this reproducible?

Comment 3 Jeremy Katz 2004-10-05 03:36:22 UTC
Closing due to inactivity.  Please reopen if you have further
information to add to this report.


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