Bug 128831

Summary:	bug during partitioning in installation process
Product:	[openSUSE] SUSE Linux 10.1	Reporter:	edwin schepers <yez>
Component:	Installation	Assignee:	Thomas Fehr <fehr>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID	QA Contact:	Klaus Kämpf <kkaempf>
Severity:	Normal
Priority:	P5 - None
Version:	Alpha 1
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	x86
OS:	SUSE Other
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Description edwin schepers 2005-10-17 20:20:07 UTC

Hi, 
When installing 10.1 alpha1, I got the following : 
(my fs looks like  
/dev/hda1               1         784     6297448+   7  HPFS/NTFS 
/dev/hda2             785         797      104422+  83  Linux 
/dev/hda3   *         798        1689     7164990   83  Linux 
/dev/hda4            1690        4864    25503187+   5  Extended 
/dev/hda5            1690        2581     7164958+  83  Linux 
/dev/hda6            2582        2645      514048+  82  Linux swap / Solaris 
/dev/hda7            2646        4864    17824086   83  Linux 
) 
When coming to the "Installation Summary", under Partioning it said "Format 
partition /dev/hda7. 
But I wanted to install on hda3, so I choose "Change..." and "Create custom 
partition setup" 
I select hda3 as my root partition and deselect hda7. I want nothing to happen 
to hda7. 
When clicking Next, I got the following message : "The current selection is 
invalid. Start your selection with the highest numbered list entry." This is 
already very confusing for me. 
When I select hda7 and hit Next, I got the message "The selected partitions 
are not contigious", but maybe this came because hda7 was still configured as 
a root partition? I'm not sure now. 
 
Playing with the expert partitioner, I noticed that when I change the options 
(checkboxes) for a fs and click OK, the next time it's back in its original 
state.

Comment 1 Michael Radziej 2005-10-18 09:25:41 UTC

Can you please attach the /var/log/YaST2 directory (as a tar file)?
Please take a look at http://www.opensuse.org/Bug_Reporting_FAQ#YaST
if you have any problems.

Comment 2 Thomas Fehr 2005-10-18 10:06:48 UTC

What you want can be done in custom partitioner, not in the dialog you were
in.
In the target partitioner you can only select ranges of partitions that 
YaST2 is allowed to be removed.