Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 593754
PartitionException: Extended partitions cannot be hidden on msdos disk labels.
Last modified: 2010-07-02 16:49:50 EDT
The following was filed automatically by anaconda: anaconda 13.21.39 exception report Traceback (most recent call first): File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/parted/partition.py", line 161, in unsetFlag return self.__partition.set_flag(flag, 0) File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/parted/decorators.py", line 31, in localeC ret = fn(*args, **kwds) File "<string>", line 2, in unsetFlag File "/usr/lib/anaconda/storage/devices.py", line 1232, in unsetFlag self.partedPartition.unsetFlag(flag) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/storage/deviceaction.py", line 276, in execute self.device.unsetFlag(flag) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/storage/devicetree.py", line 693, in processActions action.execute(intf=self.intf) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/storage/__init__.py", line 292, in doIt self.devicetree.processActions() File "/usr/lib/anaconda/packages.py", line 109, in turnOnFilesystems anaconda.id.storage.doIt() File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 205, in moveStep rc = stepFunc(self.anaconda) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 126, in gotoNext self.moveStep() File "/usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py", line 1260, in nextClicked self.anaconda.dispatch.gotoNext() File "/usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py", line 1398, in keyRelease self.nextClicked() PartitionException: Extended partitions cannot be hidden on msdos disk labels.
Created attachment 415183 [details] Attached traceback automatically from anaconda.
I've created the following disk layout: /dev/vda1 - /boot, ext4 /dev/vda2 - swap /dev/vda3 - /home, ext4 /dev/vda4 - extended /dev/vda5 - /, ext4 Then selected the extended partition and clicked Edit. It was showing fstype: ext4, size 1. I've changed the fstype to xfs, pressed OK and continued to write changes on disk. Then anaconda spew this traceback. Should the user be able to edit an extended partition? (I think not).
Hi, Thanks for the report, and thanks for the hint that this is caused by editing extended partitions indeed that should not be allowed. Regards, Hans
Dave, I see that you've taken this one, I've just send a patch for that to the list, I've even tested it :) I guess I should have taken this bug before started working on it. Regards, Hans
This is fixed in anaconda-13.21.50-1, moving to modified.
with anaconda-13.21.50-9 it's not possible to edit the extended partition. Moving to VERIFIED.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Beta 2 is now available and should resolve the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of CURRENTRELEASE. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you.