Bug 888817 - Anaconda should use available space effectively
Summary: Anaconda should use available space effectively
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: python-blivet
Version: 18
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: David Lehman
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks: fedora19rtt
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2012-12-19 15:03 UTC by Jan Stodola
Modified: 2014-02-05 14:02 UTC (History)
8 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2014-02-05 14:02:37 UTC
Type: Bug
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Attachments (Terms of Use)
anaconda.log (13.08 KB, text/plain)
2012-12-19 15:04 UTC, Jan Stodola
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program.log (33.74 KB, text/plain)
2012-12-19 15:04 UTC, Jan Stodola
no flags Details
storage.log (148.70 KB, text/plain)
2012-12-19 15:04 UTC, Jan Stodola
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syslog (62.45 KB, text/plain)
2012-12-19 15:04 UTC, Jan Stodola
no flags Details

Description Jan Stodola 2012-12-19 15:03:55 UTC
Description of problem:
When creating new mount points, anaconda should place partitions effectively to use all available space - see steps to reproduce as an example.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Fedora 18 TC3
anaconda-18.37.3

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. start graphical installation on a system with two 20 GB drives
2. go to "Installation Destination", select both drives and click "Continue"
3. check "I don't need help, let me customize disk partitioning", click "Reclaim space"
4. remove all existing partitions
5. add new mount point:
Mount Point: /
Desired Capacity: 15000
6. add new mount point:
Mount Point: /boot
Desired Capacity: 15000
 
Actual results:
size of / is 15 GB, size of /boot is 12.97 GB, anaconda reports 12.97 GB of available space

Expected results:
size of both / and /boot is 15 GB

Additional info:

Comment 1 Jan Stodola 2012-12-19 15:04:26 UTC
Created attachment 666125 [details]
anaconda.log

Comment 2 Jan Stodola 2012-12-19 15:04:30 UTC
Created attachment 666126 [details]
program.log

Comment 3 Jan Stodola 2012-12-19 15:04:34 UTC
Created attachment 666127 [details]
storage.log

Comment 4 Jan Stodola 2012-12-19 15:04:37 UTC
Created attachment 666128 [details]
syslog

Comment 5 Steve Tyler 2012-12-19 20:32:57 UTC
With two 20 GiB disks and all partitions removed, creating a single partition of these sizes shows that the installer is setting a size limit on /boot:

/boot
10000   10 GB
15000   15 GB
20000   20 GB
25000   20.47 GB
30000   20.47 GB
35000   20.47 GB
40000   20.47 GB

/spare
35000   35 GB
40000   40 GB

Tested with:
anaconda-18.37.4-1.fc18
$ qemu-kvm -m 2048 -hda f18-test-1.img -hdb f18-test-2.img -cdrom ~/xfr/fedora/F18/F18-Final/TC3/Fedora-18-TC3-x86_64-Live-Desktop.iso -usb -vga qxl -boot menu=on -usbdevice mouse

Comment 6 Steve Tyler 2012-12-19 21:04:07 UTC
(In reply to comment #5)
> With two 20 GiB disks and all partitions removed, creating a single
> partition of these sizes shows that the installer is setting a size limit on
> /boot:
...

/boot is on a standard partition, so it cannot cross a disk boundary. After first creating a 15 GB "/" logical volume:

/boot
 5000    5 GB
10000   10 GB
12000   12 GB
13000   12.97 GB
14000   12.97 GB
15000   12.97 GB

This limit on the size of /boot appears to be due to the LVM physical volumes for "/" being split equally across both disks:

[root@localhost liveuser]# pvs
  PV         VG     Fmt  Attr PSize PFree
  /dev/sda2  fedora lvm2 a--  7.32g    0 
  /dev/sdb1  fedora lvm2 a--  7.32g    0 
[root@localhost liveuser]# vgs
  VG     #PV #LV #SN Attr   VSize  VFree
  fedora   2   1   0 wz--n- 14.65g    0 
[root@localhost liveuser]# lvs
  LV   VG     Attr      LSize  Pool Origin Data%  Move Log Copy%  Convert
  root fedora -wi------ 14.65g                                           
[root@localhost liveuser]#

Comment 7 Steve Tyler 2012-12-19 21:11:39 UTC
If a 15 GB /boot partition is required, it can be created first:
/boot   15 GB
/       14.99 GB

The bug here, IMO, is that the installer does not expose the details of the partitioning, so users cannot discover this sort of nuance, except by conducting test installs and seeing what actually happens.

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