Bug 119940 - Custom partitioning does not work
Summary: Custom partitioning does not work
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: SUSE Linux 10.1
Classification: openSUSE
Component: YaST2 (show other bugs)
Version: Alpha 1
Hardware: i686 All
: P5 - None : Major (vote)
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Assignee: E-mail List
QA Contact: Klaus Kämpf
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Reported: 2005-10-03 18:35 UTC by Dusan Peterc
Modified: 2008-06-25 09:52 UTC (History)
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Description Dusan Peterc 2005-10-03 18:35:20 UTC 
I have the following partitions:
1) 15 GB FAT32
2) 1 GB SWAP
3) 80 GB SUSE 9.3 (which I want to keep)
4) 18 GB Linux test partition (for installation of beta OS)
All are primary partitions.

During new installation, I select custom partitioning, and the 1 disk I have.
YAST asks me which partition do I want to delete to make space.
I select 4. It says:
"The current selection is invalid. Start with highest numbered list entry."
Why? OK, I don't have Windows, so I give you FAT32 as well. I select 1 and 4.
Same message. Only if I select all partitions, wiping out all my data, it is
happy and allows me to move on.
BUT, if I go back, and say to use the old partitioning as the base, it will 
still want to wipe my 80 GB partition, but I can modify partitioning 
suggestions, and succesfully install the OS in the 19 GB partition, where I want 
it.
Comment 1 Michael Gross 2005-10-04 09:58:18 UTC 
Please provide the y2logs of this scenario as well as the output of `fdisk -l'.
Comment 2 Dusan Peterc 2005-10-04 18:35:21 UTC 
This is the output of "fdisk -l" (sorry, in Italian)
 
Disk /dev/sda: 122.9 GB, 122941242880 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14946 cylinders
Units = cilindri of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Dispositivo Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1               1        1959    15735636    c  W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/sda2            1960        2090     1052257+  82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda3            2091       12533    83883397+  83  Linux
/dev/sda4   *       12534       14945    19374390   83  Linux

I did find the blurb in y2logs during installation, but am unable
to copy it to any media, since I am in the middle of the installation
without write access to any disks.
Comment 3 Martin Lasarsch 2005-10-05 08:43:32 UTC 
you can switch to console and mount one of your linux partitions to copy the 
file on it. don't forget to umount before go on with the installation or 
reboot.
Comment 4 Michael Gross 2005-10-14 13:27:01 UTC 
Please reopen this bug if the information asked for (y2logs) can be provided.
Comment 5 Stephan Kulow 2008-06-25 09:33:35 UTC 
mass reopening all SuSE Linux bugs that are set to REMIND+LATER to change the resolution to WONTFIX (adapting to new policy)
Comment 6 Stephan Kulow 2008-06-25 09:35:19 UTC 
mass reopening all SuSE Linux bugs that are set to REMIND+LATER to change the resolution to WONTFIX (adapting to new policy)
Comment 7 Stephan Kulow 2008-06-25 09:41:19 UTC 
mass reopening all SuSE Linux bugs that are set to REMIND+LATER to change the resolution to WONTFIX (adapting to new policy)
Comment 8 Stephan Kulow 2008-06-25 09:52:53 UTC 
Closing old LATER+REMIND bugs as WONTFIX - if you still plan to work on it, feel free to reopen and set to ASSIGNED.

In case the report saw repeated reopen comments, it's due to bugzilla timing out on the huge request ;(