Bug 498730 - Request of capability to create extended partition manually
Summary: Request of capability to create extended partition manually
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: anaconda
Version: 10
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Anaconda Maintenance Team
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2009-05-02 16:02 UTC by ccrisis
Modified: 2009-05-19 14:50 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2009-05-19 14:50:25 UTC
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Description ccrisis 2009-05-02 16:02:49 UTC
Description of problem:
Not able to force creation of extended partition

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


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Begin anaconda installer
2. On a blank drive, wish to create 1 primary partition and all other partitions
   on the extended partition.
3. Be unable to do so
  
Actual results:
Extended partition created automatically as needed by scheme

Expected results:
Extended partition created manually

Additional info:
This may be useful to plan future installations of other OSes on the primary

Comment 1 Chris Lumens 2009-05-19 14:50:25 UTC
If you use the default suggested partitioning scheme, you'll get a /boot and everything else in a partition using LVM, which leaves two partitions available for use elsewhere.  Or, you can toss everything into just a single ext3 partition if you must.

The partitioning UI in anaconda attempts to strike a balance between advanced users who want tons of options and more novice users who don't want to be overwhelmed by choices.  If you require configuration options outside what we allow, you can always create partitions manually using parted and then have anaconda use what you create.


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