Bug 635822 - When using preexisting filesystems without reformatting and without enough free space, livecd install fails. surprise.
Summary: When using preexisting filesystems without reformatting and without enough fr...
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: anaconda
Version: 14
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Anaconda Maintenance Team
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
URL:
Whiteboard: anaconda_trace_hash:6276c1ce1a1405535...
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2010-09-20 19:47 UTC by Max Korn
Modified: 2012-08-11 16:09 UTC (History)
7 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2011-03-14 20:34:19 UTC
Type: ---
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2010-09-20 19:48 UTC, Max Korn
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2010-09-20 20:01 UTC, Max Korn
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2010-11-10 20:21 UTC, Jobst Hoffmann
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2011-02-22 17:59 UTC, Jim Meyering
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2012-08-11 11:31 UTC, Jed Halborn
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2012-08-11 16:09 UTC, Jed Halborn
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2010-09-20 19:47 UTC, Max Korn
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Description Max Korn 2010-09-20 19:47:30 UTC
Created attachment 915153 [details]
Comment

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Comment 1 Max Korn 2010-09-20 19:48:50 UTC
Created attachment 448537 [details]
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Comment 2 Max Korn 2010-09-20 20:01:20 UTC
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Comment 3 Chris Lumens 2010-09-22 03:08:41 UTC
What partitioning selections did you make?  In particular, how big did you make /?  Did you get a warning about not enough space?

Comment 4 Jobst Hoffmann 2010-11-10 20:21:33 UTC
Created attachment 459531 [details]
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Comment 5 Jim Meyering 2011-02-22 17:59:47 UTC
Created attachment 480192 [details]
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Comment 6 David Lehman 2011-02-22 18:44:59 UTC
(In reply to comment #2)
> Created attachment 448538 [details]
> Attached traceback automatically from anaconda.

You chose not to reformat /usr (sde1), which doesn't have enough space for the livecd's /usr contents. You were warned and chose to proceed anyway.

Comment 7 David Lehman 2011-02-22 18:47:17 UTC
(In reply to comment #4)
> Created attachment 459531 [details]
> Attached traceback automatically from anaconda.

You chose to use your preexisting /var (sda14) without reformatting the filesystem, which did not have enough free space to hold the contents of the livecd's /var directory. You were warned, but you chose to proceed anyway.

Comment 8 Jim Meyering 2011-03-14 21:32:07 UTC
(In reply to comment #7)
> (In reply to comment #4)
> > Created attachment 459531 [details]
> > Attached traceback automatically from anaconda.
> 
> You chose to use your preexisting /var (sda14) without reformatting the
> filesystem, which did not have enough free space to hold the contents of the
> livecd's /var directory. You were warned, but you chose to proceed anyway.

Hi David,
No problem closing this, but I don't recall overriding a warning from anaconda that my preexisting /var partitions contents were an issue (and that there was a space shortage).  Your comment #7 above is the first time I understood that existing contents would *not* be clobbered by the installation.  Of course, it makes sense, once you know the rule (i.e., if you don't want this, be sure to check the "format" box).

Comment 9 David Lehman 2011-03-15 01:00:27 UTC
(In reply to comment #8)
> (In reply to comment #7)
> > (In reply to comment #4)
...
> No problem closing this, but I don't recall overriding a warning from anaconda
> that my preexisting /var partitions contents were an issue (and that there was

It may be that we don't even warn about not reformatting /var since it has historically been one of the filesystem that is more likely to not get reformatted (think about people wanting to keep their /var/www/ intact).

It is also true that, while we do an overall space check before beginning the transfer of the live image to disk, we do not check each mountpoint's device to ensure that it can hold it's share of the livecd's contents.

Comment 10 Jed Halborn 2012-08-11 11:31:43 UTC
Created attachment 603672 [details]
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Comment 11 Jed Halborn 2012-08-11 16:09:47 UTC
Created attachment 603696 [details]
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