Bug 2517198 - Anaconda says to format the EFI drive despite checkbox
Summary: Anaconda says to format the EFI drive despite checkbox
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Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 2467675
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: anaconda-webui
Version: 44
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
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low
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Assignee: Katerina Koukiou
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2026-08-16 09:16 UTC by bazzite
Modified: 2026-08-19 10:23 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2026-08-19 10:21:55 UTC
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Description bazzite 2026-08-16 09:16:20 UTC
On the 'Review and Install' page of anaconda, it tells me that it will format the (original) EFI System Partition to EFI. Even when it's not asigned to /boot/efi.
Because of previous problems installing bazzite on a drive with Mint and Windows on it, I tried to create a second EFI System Partition and use it as mount point for /boot/efi. Despite this, Anaconda reports to format the original EFI System Partition to 'efi'.
In previous attempts, this was also reported, although I got the impression it doesn't really format the said partition. I specifically did NOT check the reformat-checkbox. (But I never came passed the step of making/updating the grub, so I'm not 100% sure it wouldn't format it).

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.install bazzite with a manual designation of mount points
2.choose the main, or an addition EFI System Partition to mount /boot/efi to
3.leave reformat-checkbox unchecked. (Only relevant if you chose the original EFI partition)
Actual Results:
Not sure yet. Am taking the gamble right now to go forward, hoping it doesn't really do the formatting of the original EFI-partition. Will report later

Expected Results:
to not say it's formatting the efi-partition when the reformat checkbox isn't checked.

Comment 1 Katerina Koukiou 2026-08-19 10:21:55 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 2440267 ***

Comment 2 Katerina Koukiou 2026-08-19 10:22:38 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 2436310 ***

Comment 3 Katerina Koukiou 2026-08-19 10:23:06 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 2467675 ***


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