Bug 497203 – anaconda creates Mac partition table on PS3

Bug 497203 - anaconda creates Mac partition table on PS3

Summary:	anaconda creates Mac partition table on PS3

Status:	CLOSED RAWHIDE

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Product:	Fedora
Classification:	Fedora
Component:	anaconda (Show other bugs)
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Version:	rawhide
Hardware:	powerpc Linux

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Assigned To:	Jeremy Katz
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Reported:	2009-04-22 15:05 EDT by Geoff Levand
Modified:	2009-05-04 15:43 EDT (History)
CC List:	4 users (show)

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Last Closed:	2009-05-04 15:43:15 EDT
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Description Geoff Levand 2009-04-22 15:05:11 EDT

Description of problem:

On a PS3 game console install anaconda will create a Mac partition table if there is no existing partition table on the disk.

Current PS3 bootloaders do not have Mac partition table support, so this leads to an un-bootable system.  PS3 bootloaders need a DOS partition table.

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

today's build (22-Apr-2009 12:45)
anaconda-11.5.0.47

How reproducible:

always. 100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1. run dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/ps3da
2. start fedora install
3. say 'yes' to re-initialize drive prompt
3. check partition table type (fdisk -l)
  
Actual results:

Mac partition table was created

Expected results:

DOS partition table

Additional info:

Anaconda seems to reuse an existing DOS partition table correctly.

Comment 1 Jeremy Katz 2009-04-23 12:30:49 EDT

Fix pushed to git

Comment 2 Geoff Levand 2009-05-04 15:38:48 EDT

I tested today's build (04-May-2009 09:36) and this problem is fixed.

-Geoff

Comment 3 Jeremy Katz 2009-05-04 15:43:15 EDT

Thanks for confirming

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