Description of Problem: From one install to another (even on the same system with no hardware changes), the partition ordering created by autopartition varies. Specifically, it appears that /boot is always the first partition, but swap and / can be assigned in either order. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 7.2 rc (0222.1 iso) How Reproducible: often Steps to Reproduce: 1. start the installation multiple on the same system, allowing autopartition to use the whole disk 2. in the review screen, note the partition ordering Actual Results: swap and / appear in either order, making guessing of which partition is the root filesystem impossible (with 7.1 autopartitioning, root was always /dev/sda2 and swap was always /dev/sda3 with a single disk SCSI system) Expected Results: consistent, predictable ordering of partitions Additional Information: This has been seen on DS10, DS20, ES45...
Huh? /boot is forced to be the first partition because of the old 0.7 problem of addressing the disk beyond the 2Gb (was it 2 or 4?) extent limit I'm perhaps being nieve, but why is the ordering important to you? after all, autopartitioning is the 'I don't care, just make it work' option. People that do care would probably want to manually setup the disk partitioning as they see fit/expect. Phil =--=
Yes, autopartitioning is the "just make it work" option, but the consistent ordering in the past was extremely useful when people would ask questions like "I can't boot my system, what do I do?" With the current aboot, you can poke around the disk and find the right partitions, but knowing that an autopartitioned disk had the root filesystem as /dev/sda2 gave a big head start. In any case, I guess I don't particularly care whether this is changed or not. I thought it was odd the two consectuve autopartitioned installs on the same system would choose different orders. Also, since it is different behavior than in the past, I wanted to call it out. If it's by design, fine. If it's a mistake...
Well,... I suppose a way around that would be to dump the location of / and /boot into the comment field of aboot.conf Perhaps that might help? Phil =--=
Umm any update? or shall we close this one? Phil =--=
Closing....