Bug 497203 - anaconda creates Mac partition table on PS3
Summary: anaconda creates Mac partition table on PS3
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: anaconda
Version: rawhide
Hardware: powerpc
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Jeremy Katz
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2009-04-22 19:05 UTC by Geoff Levand
Modified: 2009-05-04 19:43 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2009-05-04 19:43:15 UTC
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Description Geoff Levand 2009-04-22 19:05:11 UTC
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 16:30:49 UTC
Fix pushed to git

Comment 2 Geoff Levand 2009-05-04 19:38:48 UTC
I tested today's build (04-May-2009 09:36) and this problem is fixed.

-Geoff

Comment 3 Jeremy Katz 2009-05-04 19:43:15 UTC
Thanks for confirming


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