Bug 49471 - Automatic Partitioner in anaconda doesn't initialize drives
Summary: Automatic Partitioner in anaconda doesn't initialize drives
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: anaconda
Version: 7.3
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Jeremy Katz
QA Contact: Brock Organ
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2001-07-19 20:42 UTC by Clay Cooper
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:34 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2001-07-25 21:30:57 UTC
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Description Clay Cooper 2001-07-19 20:42:44 UTC
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Description of problem:
Automatic Partitioner does not initialize drives when needed. Choosing
manual partitioning with disk druid provides a window option to initialize
the drives, then you can go back and choose automatic partitioning.
Otherwise, the install will rboot the machine.

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Insert a scsi drive that has not been initialized with the controller.
2.Run the anaconda and choose automatic partitioning scheme.
	

Actual Results:  anaconda will advise that there are no drives available.

Expected Results:  anaconda should have queried user to initialize the drive.

Additional info:

Comment 1 Glen Foster 2001-07-19 21:18:44 UTC
This defect considered MUST-FIX for Fairfax.

Comment 2 Jeremy Katz 2001-07-20 21:15:41 UTC
When trying here on a disk which I've dd'd /dev/zero to, I select automatic
partitioning and get a dialog box saying that there isn't a label, click cancel
and then get the dialog box for whether or not to create a new label.  This is
the expected behavior (and the same behavior which has existed in previous
releases of Red Hat Linux, although the wording in the dialog boxes is somewhat
different).  Is this what you see or are you seeing something different?

Comment 3 Dean Oliver 2001-07-23 15:37:27 UTC
This is not concerning the label issue, which is a seperate issue. Anaconda does not attempt to initialize a drive when using automatic partitioning, using manual partitioning you will be prompted.

Comment 4 Matt Wilson 2001-07-24 03:33:23 UTC
disk "label" is the generic term for a partition table.



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