Bug 1818500 - Unable to choose mount point for existing unformatted Linux partition
Summary: Unable to choose mount point for existing unformatted Linux partition
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: anaconda
Version: 32
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Vendula Poncova
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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: 1819720 (view as bug list)
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2020-03-28 17:50 UTC by Marcin Zajaczkowski
Modified: 2020-04-07 13:16 UTC (History)
8 users (show)

Fixed In Version: anaconda-32.24.5-1 anaconda-32.24.5-1.fc32
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Last Closed: 2020-04-07 05:05:15 UTC
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Description Marcin Zajaczkowski 2020-03-28 17:50:13 UTC
Description of problem:
It is not possible to choose mount point for unformatted Linux partition, even if one choses to format it (the mount point field is still not editable). This makes it problematic to install Fedora on already prepared for installation an empty partition.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
I don't a version available right now, but it was the one provided in Fedora 32 Beta (live) installer.

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Prepare empty, unformatted Linux partition (here with gparted)
2. Try to choose the mount point ("/") - the field is not editable.
3. Choose "Reformat" to create a filesystem (e.g. ext4).

Actual results:
The mount point field is still read only.

Expected results:
After checked "Reformat" I should be able to choose mount point.

Additional info:
In hindsight, I don't know what was special with that partition, but I was able to choose "/boot" for other partition (reformatted with ext4).

As a workaround it was required to delete that partition from Anaconda and create new one with "/" mount point and desired size (or maximum size).

Comment 1 Vendula Poncova 2020-04-02 15:06:53 UTC
*** Bug 1819720 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 2 Vendula Poncova 2020-04-02 15:47:04 UTC
Fixed in a pull request: https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda/pull/2422

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2020-04-03 13:59:03 UTC
FEDORA-2020-176362208a has been submitted as an update to Fedora 32. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2020-176362208a

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2020-04-04 06:17:02 UTC
FEDORA-2020-176362208a has been pushed to the Fedora 32 testing repository.
In short time you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --advisory=FEDORA-2020-176362208a`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2020-176362208a

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2020-04-07 05:05:15 UTC
FEDORA-2020-176362208a has been pushed to the Fedora 32 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2020-04-07 13:16:10 UTC
FEDORA-2020-176362208a has been pushed to the Fedora 32 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.


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