Description of problem: I wanted to dual-boot; so, i tried to install Fedora 13 on my PC. I chose the shrink option during the installation, having had Ubuntu 10.10 use the entire disk. Anaconda shrank the drive, but I could no longer access the Ubuntu partition(s). Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Fedora 13 How reproducible: Try an install Fedora 13 on a PC already running Ubuntu and has no free partition. Choose the shrink option during the installation. Boot up the Fedora OS and try to access the Ubuntu partition from it. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Get a PC running Ubuntu and has no free partition/space 2. Choose the shrink option when installing Fedora 3. Restart the machine after installation and log on to the Fedora OS. 4. Try and access the Ubuntu partition(s) Actual results: My partition table, on checking with partition tools - fdisk, e.t.c, got messed up. 8blocks were lost in the process. Expected results: I should have been able to access my Ubuntu partition(s) on the Fedora OS. Additional info:
The error message was the dreaded "wrong superblock" I checked the duplicate superblocks on sda1 (which is an ext4 FS, BTW) and found out that the problem must be in the partition table. Somehow 8 blocks were missing - superblock said 51200000 blocks, partition table made that 51199992 blocks. I deleted the sda1 partition in fdisk and recreated it with the same parameters. After that all was back to normal. Seemingly the shrinking of anaconda somehow created a slightly different partition layout as opposed to fdisk calculations.
Could you attach the /var/log/anaconda* files to this bug? Also, if you remember the sizes of the partitions (before and after correcting the problem) that might be helpful.
Created attachment 453837 [details] anaconda files The anaconda files are attached. The entire disk size was 300GB, and I asked Anaconda to shrink it so that Fedora could be installed on 100GB of the entire space.
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Are you able to retry this with F15? Alot has changed since F13.
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