Description of problem: With FC1 installed, using a mix of filesystems (ext3, reiserfs & jfs), after selecting to perform an upgrade of the existing Fedora Core installation, when anaconda tries to detect existing partitions and error is reportes that "partition /dev/hda[whatever] can not be mounted as /var/log [or wherever]. Click OK to reboot." and there is no way to bypass this. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): anaconda that ships with FC2test2 How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install FC1, with at least one (1) jfs partition, in use. 2. Boot from FC2test2 CD1 (if you can, otherwise use FC2test1 disc swap workaround, like I had to do) 3. Select the "Upgrade Existing OS" (however it is phrased) option and click "Next". Actual results: Error message occurs, forcing reboot. The error message ONLY occurs Expected results: anaconda should be able to handle jfs partitions without the fix noted below. Another acceptable alternative might be to present a message that allows you to continue on (perhaps to Disk Druid to manually deal with it?). It is certainly a Bad Thing that you can only reboot, at that point (you can not even back up and change your mind). Additional info: Passing the option "jfs" to anaconda from the boot prompt fixed this problem, entirely.
Targeting to look at for fc3.
At some point this problem was corrected. It doesn't happen in FC5 or rawhide now. You still have to pass 'jfs', 'reiserfs', or 'xfs' when doing an initial installation and you want to use one of those filesystems. For upgrades, you do not have to pass those arguments.