Description of problem: i have 2 disk in a laptop. In the second disk (sdb), i have a partion that i use to try the distribution, /sdb1, but anacond don't allow me to select the partition. Anacondo tell me to install in /sdb3 and i can't selecet a other partion. How reproducible: With 2 internals hd Steps to Reproduce: 1. manual partition of the disk
Can you please be more exact in your description? Exactly what are you doing, and what are the exact messages anaconda is giving you? There's not really enough information here for us to do anything with.
i try to install Fedora on /dev/sdb1, but anaconda tell me (only) /dev/sdb3 and i can't change the partition, anaconda hide the disk partition my partitions disks: /dev/sda(1,2,3) windows 7 /dev/sdb1 used to try fedora 18 /dev/sdb2 swap /dev/sdb3 root of slackware /dev/sdb5 home of slackware (sorry for my bad english)
P.S. I use graphical install, i don't know hot to install in text mode.
Could you attach a screenshot or a digital photo of your display? The output from this might help too: $ lsblk -mf
Please attach /tmp/anaconda.log and /tmp/storage.log from when you hit this error to this bug report as individual files. THanks.
[liveuser@localhost ~]$ lsblk -mf NAME SIZE OWNER GROUP MODE NAME FSTYPE LABEL UUID MOUNTPOINT sda 465.8G root disk brw-rw---- sda ├─sda1 21.5G root disk brw-rw---- ├─sda1 vfat RECOVERY 4CE5-3ACB ├─sda2 116.4G root disk brw-rw---- ├─sda2 ntfs OS B2A48AD6A48A9C8B ├─sda3 1K root disk brw-rw---- ├─sda3 └─sda5 327.8G root disk brw-rw---- └─sda5 ntfs DATA 5C6EBFB76EBF8872 sdb 465.8G root disk brw-rw---- sdb ├─sdb1 18.7G root disk brw-rw---- ├─sdb1 ext4 b56133ed-a0f1-4fc2-837d-b50bcdab7639 ├─sdb2 7.6G root disk brw-rw---- ├─sdb2 swap 309767ce-77ab-4a2f-9e87-6851d3894e59 ├─sdb3 9.3G root disk brw-rw---- ├─sdb3 ext4 5e24abd6-d8e9-4c12-9b5c-c98a9f7842bc ├─sdb4 1K root disk brw-rw---- ├─sdb4 └─sdb5 430.2G root disk brw-rw---- └─sdb5 ext4 331a2a2e-14db-4528-a208-28280dc7c469 sdc 991.5M root disk brw-rw---- sdc iso9660 Fedora-18-Beta-x86_64-Live-Deskt 2012-11-21-01-07-54-00 ├─sdc1 786M root disk brw-rw---- ├─sdc1 iso9660 Fedora-18-Beta-x86_64-Live-Deskt 2012-11-21-01-07-54-00 /run/initramfs/live ├─sdc2 4.8M root disk brw-rw---- ├─sdc2 vfat EFI 36AA-62DC └─sdc3 19.1M root disk brw-rw---- └─sdc3 hfsplus Fedora 18 a752026a-7a6e-32b5-8804-582b5bf5623a sr0 1024M root cdrom brw-rw---- sr0 loop0 8K root disk brw-rw---- loop0 squashfs loop1 1.2M root disk brw-rw---- loop1 DM_snapshot_cow └─live-osimg-min (dm-1) 4G root disk brw-rw---- └─live-osimg-min (dm-1) ext4 _Fedora-18-Beta- 9d22400d-18aa-4a6a-a5cb-fad018fbf4fd /mnt/install/source loop2 725.4M root disk brw-rw---- loop2 squashfs loop3 4G root disk brw-rw---- loop3 ext4 _Fedora-18-Beta- 9d22400d-18aa-4a6a-a5cb-fad018fbf4fd ├─live-rw (dm-0) 4G root disk brw-rw---- ├─live-rw (dm-0) ext4 _Fedora-18-Beta- 9d22400d-18aa-4a6a-a5cb-fad018fbf4fd / └─live-osimg-min (dm-1) 4G root disk brw-rw---- └─live-osimg-min (dm-1) ext4 _Fedora-18-Beta- 9d22400d-18aa-4a6a-a5cb-fad018fbf4fd /mnt/install/source loop4 512M root disk brw-rw---- loop4 └─live-rw (dm-0) 4G root disk brw-rw---- └─live-rw (dm-0) ext4 _Fedora-18-Beta- 9d22400d-18aa-4a6a-a5cb-fad018fbf4fd /
Created attachment 674376 [details] /tmp/anaconda.log
Created attachment 674377 [details] /tmp/storage.log
Created attachment 674385 [details] print screen 1 I select to manual partition
Created attachment 674393 [details] print screen 2 Select /dev/sdb. This is the first select partition, i think that is corectly, because my /dev/sdb1 is 19 Gb
Created attachment 674394 [details] print screen 3 Second select of my dev/sdb, i do not understand what is that. Probabili that is /dev/sdb3
I write from the live 18 beta. [liveuser@localhost ~]$ uname -a Linux localhost.localdomain 3.6.6-3.fc18.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon Nov 5 16:26:34 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Thanks for your excellent followup information. After selecting the Root, 19.17 GB, partition, did you try clicking on the Reformat check box? You appear to be running the beta version of the installer: [snippet from /tmp/anaconda.log] 16:49:38,789 INFO anaconda: /sbin/anaconda 18.29.2 Post-beta versions[1] of the installer will show you the partition device names of your standard partitions: https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/stage/ The user interface is very confusing here, but the intent, AIUI, is to show each Linux installation with all of its associated devices under one heading: Linux installation 1 (?) Root /dev/sdb1 swap /dev/sdb2 Linux installation 2 (slackware?) Home /dev/sdb5 Root /dev/sdb3 swap /dev/sdb2 The installer needs to do a better job of identifying other installations. [1] Releases are announced on test-announce: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/test-announce/2013-January/date.html
From the link https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/stage/, i downloaded the last iso (3 jan). Next i repeat the step. Checked "Reformat" (after a complete backup) i installed the Cow. I'm write from Fedora 18. I do not understand because partitioning is designed so different from the 'standard'. Once you understand (thanks to you) the operation seems pretty simple, although I have not understand how modify the partitions. Thank you very much. Can i set status of this bugreport closed?
Thanks for your report. Congratulations on getting F18 installed. There were two newer versions, 18-RC1 and 18-RC2, but it sounds like 18-TC4 worked for you. The bug here, IMO, is that the installer did not fully identify your other Linux installations. There is already a bug related to that problem: Bug 887112 - Existing Windows 7 appears under 'Unknown' in Manual Partitioning The installer should also enumerate unknown installations, so that they can be distinguished from each other in the Manual Partitioning dialog: Unknown Linux 1 Unknown Linux 2 ...
yes, i use TC14: Fedora-18-TC4-x86_64-Live-Desktop.iso Ok, close this bug.