Bug 78249 – Error: Checking the size of a partition which hasn't been allocated yet

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Bug 78249 - Error: Checking the size of a partition which hasn't been allocated yet

Summary:	Error: Checking the size of a partition which hasn't been allocated yet

Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Linux
Classification:	Retired
Component:	anaconda (Show other bugs)
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Version:	8.0
Hardware:	i386 Linux

Priority	medium Severity high
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Assigned To:	Michael Fulbright
QA Contact:	Mike McLean
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Reported:	2002-11-20 11:39 EST by Matthew Connor
Modified:	2007-04-18 12:48 EDT (History)
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Last Closed:	2003-03-13 16:10:11 EST
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Error dump for error: "Checking the size of a partition which hasn't been allocated yet" (51.12 KB, text/plain) 2002-11-20 11:44 EST, Matthew Connor	no flags	Details
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Description Matthew Connor 2002-11-20 11:39:51 EST

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User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)

Description of problem:
After configuring partitions for installation, clicking "Next" hangs the 
installer and returns the error: "Checking the size of a partition which hasn't 
been allocated yet"

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


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Begin RedHat 8.0 Setup from the CD
2. Configure some free space to be the /, /boot, and swap space partitions
3. Click "Next"
	

Actual Results:  THe installer crashed with the error message: "Checking the 
size of a partition which hasn't been allocated yet" and gave me the option to 
save the dump to a floppy.

Expected Results:  The installer should have assigned the partitions I selected 
and began the installation.

Additional info:

The installation is taking place on a Sony Vaio laptop with one physical hard 
drive with two partitions. The first partition has Windows XP on it. I was 
attempting to delete the second partition and install RedHat 8.0 on it.

Comment 1 Matthew Connor 2002-11-20 11:44:46 EST

Created attachment 85705 [details]
Error dump for error: "Checking the size of a partition which hasn't been allocated yet"

Comment 2 Michael Fulbright 2003-03-13 16:10:11 EST

I have done numerous installs of this nature and have not seen this issue.
Unfortunately I can't fix this issue since I cannot reproduce it.

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