Bug 679827 - GPT requested on a regular (non EFI) PC
Summary: GPT requested on a regular (non EFI) PC
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: anaconda
Version: 14
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Brian Lane
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2011-02-23 15:54 UTC by Gianluca Sforna
Modified: 2011-02-23 17:56 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2011-02-23 17:56:59 UTC
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syslog from /tmp (119.55 KB, text/plain)
2011-02-23 15:55 UTC, Gianluca Sforna 		no flags Details
/tmp/anaconda.log (5.11 KB, text/plain)
2011-02-23 15:55 UTC, Gianluca Sforna 		no flags Details
/tmp/ifcfg.log (919 bytes, text/plain)
2011-02-23 15:56 UTC, Gianluca Sforna 		no flags Details
/tmp/program.log (4.19 KB, text/plain)
2011-02-23 15:57 UTC, Gianluca Sforna 		no flags Details
/tmp/storage.log (118.92 KB, text/plain)
2011-02-23 15:58 UTC, Gianluca Sforna 		no flags Details
/tmp/X.log (21.42 KB, text/plain)
2011-02-23 15:58 UTC, Gianluca Sforna 		no flags Details
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Description Gianluca Sforna 2011-02-23 15:54:36 UTC 
I installed a new 640Gb disk in a Sony VAIO laptop; currently, there are two partitions on it, about 200Gb total.

Attempting to use free space to install fedora (with a netboot disk, if it makes any difference), I'm getting a dialog like this:

====
Titlebar: Automatic Partitioning Errors
 
The following errors occurred with your partitioning:
 
sda must have a GPT disk label.
 
This can happen if ther eis not enough space on your drive(s) for the installation.
 
Press "OK" to choose a different partitioning option.
====

then the installation stops
Comment 1 Gianluca Sforna 2011-02-23 15:55:20 UTC 
Created attachment 480507 [details]
syslog from /tmp
Comment 2 Gianluca Sforna 2011-02-23 15:55:54 UTC 
Created attachment 480510 [details]
/tmp/anaconda.log
Comment 3 Gianluca Sforna 2011-02-23 15:56:29 UTC 
Created attachment 480511 [details]
/tmp/ifcfg.log
Comment 4 Gianluca Sforna 2011-02-23 15:57:05 UTC 
Created attachment 480512 [details]
/tmp/program.log
Comment 5 Gianluca Sforna 2011-02-23 15:58:06 UTC 
Created attachment 480513 [details]
/tmp/storage.log
Comment 6 Gianluca Sforna 2011-02-23 15:58:31 UTC 
Created attachment 480514 [details]
/tmp/X.log
Comment 7 Brian Lane 2011-02-23 17:56:59 UTC 
It looks like your system is an EFI system, the only way I can see for this dialog to be hit is if the system is booted in EFI mode. The syslog output also indicates this:

16:23:16,870 INFO kernel:[    0.000000] EFI v2.00 by INSYDE Corp.

You need to either boot in BIOS mode or use a GPT labeled disk instead of msdos.
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