Bug 582885 - anaconda can't see free space for new partition
Summary: anaconda can't see free space for new partition
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Status: CLOSED INSUFFICIENT_DATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: anaconda
Version: 13
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Anaconda Maintenance Team
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2010-04-16 05:55 UTC by Michal Hlavinka
Modified: 2010-04-20 19:42 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2010-04-20 19:42:54 UTC
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partitioning before (836.73 KB, image/jpeg)
2010-04-16 05:55 UTC, Michal Hlavinka
no flags Details
partitioning changes (678.44 KB, image/jpeg)
2010-04-16 05:56 UTC, Michal Hlavinka
no flags Details

Description Michal Hlavinka 2010-04-16 05:55:53 UTC
Created attachment 406997 [details]
partitioning before

Description of problem:
I've tried to slightly change my partitioning. I've removed a few partitions I used before and tried to add new ones using freed space, but anaconda reported that there is no free space available. See attached screenshots.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
anaconda in F-13 Beta

How reproducible:
tried once

Steps to Reproduce:
1.from partitioning on screenshot "before" 
2.remove partitions sda1, sda2, sda3, sda5, sda6
3.add partitions as on screenshot "changes" in sdaX to sdaX+1 order
4.try to add 5 GB swap space (there are 18 GBs of free space in ext. part. sda4)
  
Actual results:
anaconda complains about not enough free space

Expected results:
partition created

Additional info:

Comment 1 Michal Hlavinka 2010-04-16 05:56:30 UTC
Created attachment 406998 [details]
partitioning changes

Comment 2 Hans de Goede 2010-04-16 15:12:58 UTC
Did you check the make primary flag when trying to add the swap partition ?

Comment 3 Michal Hlavinka 2010-04-17 13:29:02 UTC
(In reply to comment #2)
> Did you check the make primary flag when trying to add the swap partition ?    

No, I did not check it, but I did not check whether it was unchecked, but afaik unchecked is default value and I tried to create that partition three times (for second try I created partition when extended partition was selected, for three time I tried when free space was selected - I didn't know if it matters or not).

Comment 4 Hans de Goede 2010-04-19 07:38:51 UTC
Hi,

Can you try to reproduce this, and after you've got the "not enough freespace" dialog, switch to tty2 (ctrl + alt + f2) and collect the log files found under /tmp. ie: "tar cvfz logs.tgz /tmp/*log", and then attach them here (you can use for example scp to get them out of the installer environment).

Thanks,

Hans

Comment 5 Michal Hlavinka 2010-04-19 20:12:38 UTC
I'll try it, but it'll be a little bit difficult, because when I got this bug it was not after direct step by step work but after a lot of "trial and error" before I got partitions sizes to my liking and also initial state will be different. I'll test this tomorrow morning.

Comment 6 Michal Hlavinka 2010-04-20 07:25:12 UTC
As I expected I was not able to reproduce it, initial state is different and last time bug occur after a lot of new/delete/edit changes.

Comment 7 Chris Lumens 2010-04-20 19:42:54 UTC
That's unfortunate, but about right for partitioning bugs.  If you are able to reproduce and attach those log files, feel free to reopen this bug.  For now I'm going to close.


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