Bug 573707 - Attempt to force an extended partition to be primary results in a crash.
Summary: Attempt to force an extended partition to be primary results in a crash.
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Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 502092
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: anaconda
Version: 11
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: 2010-03-15 15:57 UTC by Igor Katalnikov
Modified: 2010-03-16 12:15 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2010-03-16 12:15:39 UTC
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Description Igor Katalnikov 2010-03-15 15:57:07 UTC 
Problem still exists in Fedora 13 alpha graphic install.

Steps to Reproduce:
1.During installation choose Custom partition layout.
2.Create (per abius) an extended partition.
3.Choose extended partition.
4.Push edit button.
  
Actual results:
Fedora 11: Installer crash with bug message.
Fedora 12/13: Computer freezes. 

Expected results:

Window with partition info to choose "Force primary"


Additional info:

Tested on 2 different types hardware.
Comment 1 Chris Lumens 2010-03-15 17:28:28 UTC 
When you say the computer freezes on F13, what do you mean?  Can you still change ttys (ctrl-alt-f2)?  Are the keyboard LEDs blinking?  Any other information you can provide?
Comment 2 Igor Katalnikov 2010-03-16 12:15:39 UTC 
I managed to reproduce this bug on F11 where ABRT directed me to bug 502092. So it seems to be a duplicate.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 502092 ***
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