Description of problem: Cannot shrink the volume of a windows 7 install for dual boot. With Fedora 11 Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. install fedora through live cd 2. shrink the volume of a Windows 7 install 3. flail around kicking and screaming hardware = Acer Extensa 5420 laptop. 160 gb HDD. partitioned as: 90 ntfs primary, 30 fat, 30 ntfs Actual results: Expected results: Shrinking the volume for dual-boot install Additional info: anaconda 11.5.0.59-1.fc11 exception report Traceback (most recent call first): File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/parted/disk.py", line 183, in addPartition constraint.getPedConstraint()) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/storage/partitioning.py", line 827, in allocatePartitions constraint=constraint) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/storage/partitioning.py", line 587, in doPartitioning allocatePartitions(disks, partitions) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/storage/partitioning.py", line 191, in doAutoPartition exclusiveDisks=anaconda.id.storage.clearPartDisks) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 205, in moveStep rc = stepFunc(self.anaconda) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 128, in gotoNext self.moveStep() File "/usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py", line 1339, in nextClicked self.anaconda.dispatch.gotoNext() PartitionException: Too many primary partitions. Local variables in innermost frame: self: parted.Disk instance -- type: msdos primaryPartitionCount: 4 lastPartitionNumber: 4 maxPrimaryPartitionCount: 4 partitions: [<parted.partition.Partition object at 0x96b288c>, <parted.partition.Partition object at 0x96b28cc>, <parted.partition.Partition object at 0x96b2a4c>, <parted.partition.Partition object at 0x96b2b4c>] device: <parted.device.Device object at 0x96b254c> PedDisk: <_ped.Disk object at 0x96b258c> partition: parted.Partition instance -- disk: <parted.disk.Disk object at 0x96b25cc> fileSystem: None number: -1 path: /dev/sda-1 type: 0 name: None active: True busy: False geometry: <parted.geometry.Geometry object at 0x96b9e8c> PedPartition: <_ped.Partition object at 0x95caecc> Anaconda instance, containing members: rescue_mount: True reIPLMessage: None intf: InstallInterface instance, containing members: intf.icw: InstallControlWindow instance, containing members: intf.icw.handle: 2949 intf.icw.currentWindow: PartitionTypeWindow instance, containing members: intf.icw.currentWindow.xml: <gtk.glade.XML object at 0x95c90f4 (PyGladeXML at 0x954f0a0)> intf.icw.currentWindow.intf: Already dumped intf.icw.currentWindow.prevrev: None intf.icw.currentWindow.review: True intf.icw.currentWindow.combo: <gtk.ComboBox object at 0x95c9234 (GtkComboBox at 0x913cd40)> intf.icw.currentWindow.storage: <storage.Storage object at 0x90bdc2c> intf.icw.currentWindow.dispatch: <dispatch.Dispatcher object at 0x90bdeec> intf.icw.currentWindow.bootcombo: <gtk.ComboBox object at 0x95c9554 (GtkComboBox at 0x913c9c0)> intf.icw.currentWindow.anaconda: Already dumped intf.icw.currentWindow.ics: InstallControlState instance, containing members: intf.icw.currentWindow.ics.prevEnabled: True intf.icw.currentWindow.ics.cw: Already dumped intf.icw.currentWindow.ics.nextEnabled: True intf.icw.currentWindow.ics.grabNext: True intf.icw.currentWindow.ics.title: Automatic Partitioning intf.icw.currentWindow.drivelist: <WideCheckList object at 0x95c9504 (GtkTreeView at 0x932f9c8)> intf.icw.mainxml: <gtk.glade.XML object at 0x90ba9dc (PyGladeXML at 0x9119860)> intf.icw.window: <gtk.Window object at 0x90c16e4 (GtkWindow at 0x916b8f8)> intf.icw.installFrame: <gtk.Frame object at 0x90c161c (GtkFrame at 0x911a9a0)> intf.icw.anaconda: Already dumped intf.icw.reloadRcQueued: 0 intf.runres: 800x600 intf.anaconda: Already dumped rescue: False updateSrc: None mediaDevice: None methodstr: livecd:///dev/mapper/live-osimg-min dispatch: <dispatch.Dispatcher object at 0x90bdeec> rootPath: /mnt/sysimage platform: <platform.X86 object at 0x8c57b8c> canReIPL: False
Reassigning to the correct product/component.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 519784 ***