Bug 186151 - Installation on USB HD
Summary: Installation on USB HD
Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: anaconda
Version: 5
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Anaconda Maintenance Team
QA Contact: Mike McLean
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2006-03-21 21:48 UTC by Fabio Bettoni
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:11 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2006-06-02 17:44:50 UTC

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Description Fabio Bettoni 2006-03-21 21:48:09 UTC 
Description of problem:
Trying to install Fedora Core 5 on USB HD,
the HD is seen by kernel modules but is not seen by installation program.
Only Serial Ata disk is shown.
Switching to console during installation and doing fdisk /dev/sda works
but disk druid does not show /dev/sda but only /dev/hda (Serial ATA)

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How reproducible:
Installing FC5 to USB HD

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Comment 1 François Obada 2006-03-24 10:40:25 UTC 
*** Duplicate of the bug #147256 ***
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=147256

Thank you for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported
into our bug tracking system, but please feel free to report any further
bugs you find.
Comment 2 Mostafa B.A. 2006-05-23 07:31:52 UTC 
This is a HUGE problem. Now I am forced to repartition my internal hard drive to
make room, and return the Hd i bought from computer shop!
Comment 3 Chris Lumens 2006-06-02 17:44:50 UTC 
This should be better in Rawhide and FC6test1.
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