Bug 1544962 - AArch64 EFI systems default to MBR rather than GPT partitioning
Summary: AArch64 EFI systems default to MBR rather than GPT partitioning
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: python-blivet
Version: 28
Hardware: aarch64
OS: Linux
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Blivet Maintenance Team
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Depends On:
Blocks: ARMTracker 1623882
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Reported: 2018-02-13 21:19 UTC by Paul Whalen
Modified: 2018-09-21 19:18 UTC (History)
17 users (show)

Fixed In Version: python-blivet-3.1.0-2
Clone Of:
: 1623882 (view as bug list)
Environment:
Last Closed: 2018-09-21 19:18:02 UTC
Type: Bug
Embargoed:


Attachments (Terms of Use)
storage log (191.16 KB, text/plain)
2018-02-13 21:20 UTC, Paul Whalen
no flags Details
program log (71.38 KB, text/plain)
2018-02-13 21:20 UTC, Paul Whalen
no flags Details
packaging log (187.50 KB, text/plain)
2018-02-13 21:21 UTC, Paul Whalen
no flags Details
lvm log (189.94 KB, text/plain)
2018-02-13 21:21 UTC, Paul Whalen
no flags Details
anaconda log (47.79 KB, text/plain)
2018-02-13 21:22 UTC, Paul Whalen
no flags Details

Description Paul Whalen 2018-02-13 21:19:19 UTC
Description of problem:
On a default install on aarch64 efi systems, the disk uses MBR partitioning rather than the expected GPT. 

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
anaconda-28.18-1.fc28

[root@mustang ~]# fdisk -l /dev/sda
Disk /dev/sda: 465.8 GiB, 500107862016 bytes, 976773168 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x150a0811

Device     Boot   Start       End   Sectors   Size Id Type
/dev/sda1  *       2048    411647    409600   200M  6 FAT16
/dev/sda2        411648   2508799   2097152     1G 83 Linux
/dev/sda3       2508800 976773119 974264320 464.6G 8e Linux LVM

Expected:
(from an F27 install)
[root@mustang ~]# fdisk -l /dev/sda
Disk /dev/sda: 465.8 GiB, 500107862016 bytes, 976773168 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: 38B8E1F8-CF01-4361-A40B-734340EEF356

Device       Start       End   Sectors   Size Type
/dev/sda1     2048    411647    409600   200M EFI System
/dev/sda2   411648   2508799   2097152     1G Linux filesystem
/dev/sda3  2508800 976773119 974264320 464.6G Linux LVM

Comment 1 Paul Whalen 2018-02-13 21:20:08 UTC
Created attachment 1395656 [details]
storage log

Comment 2 Paul Whalen 2018-02-13 21:20:35 UTC
Created attachment 1395657 [details]
program log

Comment 3 Paul Whalen 2018-02-13 21:21:04 UTC
Created attachment 1395658 [details]
packaging log

Comment 4 Paul Whalen 2018-02-13 21:21:30 UTC
Created attachment 1395659 [details]
lvm log

Comment 5 Paul Whalen 2018-02-13 21:22:00 UTC
Created attachment 1395660 [details]
anaconda log

Comment 6 Peter Robinson 2018-02-14 11:21:09 UTC
This logic is handled in blivet. It's changed a lot since I last looked at it but I suspect some logic was lost in upstream commit ebd43b67aaeae8bd969c5ef9ba7280a03f8f4935

Comment 7 Fedora End Of Life 2018-02-20 15:34:48 UTC
This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 28 development cycle.
Changing version to '28'.

Comment 8 Peter Robinson 2018-08-14 14:53:37 UTC
There's a fix in PR: https://github.com/storaged-project/blivet/pull/715

Comment 9 Peter Robinson 2018-08-29 18:12:22 UTC
For reference this is now merged upstream. The commit is:

https://github.com/storaged-project/blivet/commit/e75049e9e9edac9da789cee2add2b4190159805d

Comment 10 Fedora Update System 2018-08-30 15:19:28 UTC
anaconda-29.24.2-1.fc29 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 29. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-85853d46b5

Comment 11 Fedora Update System 2018-08-31 16:22:01 UTC
anaconda-29.24.2-1.fc29, python-blivet-3.1.0-2.fc29 has been pushed to the Fedora 29 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for
instructions on how to install test updates.
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-85853d46b5

Comment 12 Paul Whalen 2018-09-21 19:18:02 UTC
Verified fixed in F29 Beta.


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