Bug 25164 - Obscure error message when trying to make big root partition.
Summary: Obscure error message when trying to make big root partition.
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: anaconda
Version: 7.1
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Michael Fulbright
QA Contact: Brock Organ
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2001-01-29 01:02 UTC by Stephen Rasku
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:30 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2001-02-20 00:00:11 UTC
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Description Stephen Rasku 2001-01-29 01:02:30 UTC
I was using the GUI install to try and install beta-2 on a 1.2 G hard
drive.
I wanted to make a root partition of 1.1 G and a swap partition of 100 M.  
However, I can't make a partition bigger than 504 M.  It fails with the
error 
message "Couldn't fit boot partition".

However,  if I make a 10 M /boot partition first I can make a big root
partition after that.  I assume that this is some 1024 cylinder limit for
the /boot partition.  It would be nice if there was a button on the error
dialog box, "About this error", which would display something like:

	You have attempted to make a partition larger than the 1024 cylinder limit
for the
	/boot partition.  It is recommended that you make a small /boot partition
before 
	making the rest of your partitions.

Or something like that.

Comment 1 Michael Fulbright 2001-01-30 00:38:33 UTC
Probably will address before GOLD release.


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