Bug 714718 - ntfs file system is recognized as ext3
Summary: ntfs file system is recognized as ext3
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Status: CLOSED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: anaconda
Version: 15
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Anaconda Maintenance Team
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2011-06-20 13:55 UTC by anonymous
Modified: 2011-07-19 17:08 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2011-07-19 17:08:20 UTC
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2011-06-20 13:55 UTC, anonymous
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Description anonymous 2011-06-20 13:55:47 UTC
Created attachment 505620 [details]
Contents of the storage log

Description of problem:

Hi, I am trying to install the Fedora 15 from KDE live cd, the physical device is recognized but instead of multiple partition all I get is one with ext3. 
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Output from fdisk -l /dev/sda:

Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160040803840 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders, total 312579695 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x6b94398a

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 2048 206847 102400 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda2 206848 210173951 104983552 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT

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cfdisk

Name Flags Part Type FS Type [Label] Size (MB)
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Pri/Log Free Space 1.05*
sda1 Boot Primary ntfs [System Reserved] 104.86*
sda2 Primary ntfs 107503.16*
Pri/Log Free Space 52431.75*


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Anaconda shows it as one single ext3 partition - http://i54.tinypic.com/bdqof6.png

Comment 1 David Lehman 2011-06-20 15:45:05 UTC
There are two bugs here. For one, blkid is telling udev (and anaconda) that the disk contains an ext3 filesystem. If that is not the case, there's a blkid bug (blkid comes from util-linux package). Secondly, it is possible for blkid to detect both a disklabel and another format on a disk. In anaconda-16.8-1 I added code to improve anaconda's handling of such cases. This will be in Fedora 16.

If you need to use that disk to get your system installed, let me know. I can try to provide you with an updates image that should solve the problem.

Comment 2 anonymous 2011-06-20 17:32:39 UTC
Hi David, I've tried my second drive and it installed fine. Thank you.


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