Bug 68544 - install fail / grub fail after RH7.3 install on small Hard disk <=2GB.
Summary: install fail / grub fail after RH7.3 install on small Hard disk <=2GB.
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: anaconda
Version: 7.3
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Jeremy Katz
QA Contact: Brock Organ
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2002-07-11 01:56 UTC by jamie birse
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:44 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2006-02-21 18:49:13 UTC
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Description jamie birse 2002-07-11 01:56:35 UTC
Description of Problem:
when installing RH7.3 on a machine with a 1.6GB or 2GB hard disk the auto fdisk 
fails when previous fat32 partitions. if individual packages are chosen the 
install fails with a dirty media filemissing not enough space message. if 
default packages chosen install suceeds but on reboot Grub hangs if in /boot or 
no os found if in mbr. the same machine with a 6GB HD works fine with any 
install options.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
7.3

How Reproducible:
easy

Steps to Reproduce:
1. just put a 1.6GB or 2GB hard disk in a machine
2. install redhat 7.3.
3. reboot.

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Comment 1 Michael Fulbright 2002-07-23 16:57:19 UTC
How much software are you choosing to install. It appears you may need to
install less.

Comment 2 Michael Fulbright 2002-08-23 15:51:46 UTC
Closing due to inactivity. Please reopen if you have information to add to the
report.

Comment 3 Red Hat Bugzilla 2006-02-21 18:49:13 UTC
Changed to 'CLOSED' state since 'RESOLVED' has been deprecated.


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