Description of problem: anaconda clearpart --linux is removing non-linux partitions from selected drive. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): RHEL 5.4 How reproducible: This has happened repeatedly on systems with an NTFS/HPFS (type 7) partition both with and without actual NTFS filesystems. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Clear partitions on drive hda. 2. Create one primary partition in partition 1 of type 7 on drive hda. 3. Kickstart and include the following directives: zerombr clearpart --linux --initlabel --drives=hda Actual results: Partition 1 is removed and disk is partitioned according to requested partitioning scheme. Expected results: Partition 1 should have been left intact and the Linux partitions should have been in later partitions on drive hda. Additional info: This occurred on both i386 and x86_64 systems. This occurred on drives with one Windows partition of type 7 and two Windows partitions of type 7. Enclosed find /tmp/part-include
According to http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda/Kickstart, clearpart --initlabel creates a new disklabel on the drives specified. This is why you are losing the non-linux partitions.