Bug 444098 - cannot install onto hard drive with mac partition layout
Summary: cannot install onto hard drive with mac partition layout
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: anaconda
Version: rawhide
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
low
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Anaconda Maintenance Team
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2008-04-24 22:56 UTC by John Reiser
Modified: 2008-04-25 02:21 UTC (History)
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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2008-04-25 02:21:04 UTC
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parted Print of drive with mac layout (755 bytes, text/plain)
2008-04-24 22:57 UTC, John Reiser 		no flags Details
parted Print of drive with efi layout (610 bytes, text/plain)
2008-04-24 22:58 UTC, John Reiser 		no flags Details
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Description John Reiser 2008-04-24 22:56:21 UTC 
Description of problem: A hard drive with mac partition layout cannot be used
during install.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
anaconda-11.4.0.73

How reproducible: always


Steps to Reproduce:
1. attach an [old] external harddrive with mac partition layout on ieee1394
interface
2. boot Fedora 9 Preview DVD i386 on Apple Macintosh Mini Intel Core Duo [not
Core 2 Duo] system, choose Install
3.
  
Actual results: Immediately after keyboard selection, a dialog box "/dev/sda
currently has a mac partition layout. ..." with choices Ignore or Initilize
(erases all data).


Expected results: drive should be usable as installation target


Additional info: parted 1.8.8 can print the partitions when booted via Rescue
mode.  See attachments.  Ubuntu 5.10 was previously installed using a Macintosh
PowerPC system.
Comment 1 John Reiser 2008-04-24 22:57:54 UTC 
Created attachment 303707 [details]
parted Print of drive with mac layout
Comment 2 John Reiser 2008-04-24 22:58:24 UTC 
Created attachment 303708 [details]
parted Print of drive with efi layout
Comment 3 Jeremy Katz 2008-04-25 02:21:04 UTC 
Due to constraints of things like booting, we don't support installing to a mac
partitioned disk on x86.
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