Bug 8567 – New partitions are always created on 2.HD

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Bug 8567 - New partitions are always created on 2.HD

Summary:	New partitions are always created on 2.HD

Status:	CLOSED RAWHIDE

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Product:	Red Hat Linux
Classification:	Retired
Component:	installer (Show other bugs)
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Version:	6.2
Hardware:	All Linux

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Assigned To:	Michael Fulbright
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Reported:	2000-01-18 07:56 EST by Karsten Hopp
Modified:	2008-05-01 11:37 EDT (History)
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Last Closed:	2000-02-15 11:35:44 EST
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Description Karsten Hopp 2000-01-18 07:56:00 EST

During a graphical install on a new system with 2 new, blank harddrives
diskdruid  installed new partitions always on the second drive, it doesn't
matter which drive is selected for partitioning. The swap partition could
be created on the first disk.

Comment 1 Jay Turner 2000-02-03 17:37:59 EST

First, were you selecting the specific drive to create the partition on in the
"Add" dialog?  If you were, was Disk Druid still putting them on another drive?
There is a new feature in the installer which will put partitions on the drive
with the most free space, so if you are not specifying which drive to place the
partitions on, they can land on the second drive only if it is significantly
larger than the first drive.

Comment 2 Jay Turner 2000-02-05 11:27:59 EST

In the lab today, we had a situation where no matter what we told the installer,
it would place the root partition on the second driver no matter what.  This was
becuase there was more space on the second drive.  We are going to fix this
problem and hopefully that will fix yours as well.  Unfortunately this change
will not make it into beta3.

Comment 3 Jay Turner 2000-02-15 11:35:59 EST

Issue is resolved in the next cut of the beta.

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