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Bug 567832 - anaconda treating ext3 partitions as MS-DOS and not allowing edit of them
Summary: anaconda treating ext3 partitions as MS-DOS and not allowing edit of them
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: anaconda
Version: 13
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: David Lehman
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
URL:
Whiteboard:
: 569252 (view as bug list)
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2010-02-24 03:21 UTC by Clyde E. Kunkel
Modified: 2011-03-07 18:02 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

Fixed In Version: anaconda-13.33-1.fc13
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2011-03-07 18:02:21 UTC
Type: ---
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custom layout screen showing ext3 partitions showing as MS-DOS (deleted)
2010-02-24 03:21 UTC, Clyde E. Kunkel 		no flags Details
storage log before changes are written to disk (deleted)
2010-02-26 19:12 UTC, Clyde E. Kunkel 		no flags Details
storage log at end of install (deleted)
2010-02-26 19:13 UTC, Clyde E. Kunkel 		no flags Details
screen shot of most of sdf (deleted)
2010-02-26 19:13 UTC, Clyde E. Kunkel 		no flags Details
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Description Clyde E. Kunkel 2010-02-24 03:21:38 UTC 
Created attachment 395888 [details]
custom layout screen showing ext3 partitions showing as MS-DOS

Description of problem:
In the custom layout screen, ext3 partitions on a device are shown as MS-DOS and you can't edit them

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
13.29

How reproducible:
all versions to date

Steps to Reproduce:
1. get to custom layout screen, select the ext3 partition
2. click edit
3.
  
Actual results:
get an edit screen with mount greyed out.  Only allowed to to format it.

Expected results:
ext3 partitions show as ext3 and you can edit them.

Additional info:
Attaching a screen shot (not great one, sorry) showing the ext3 partitions being shown as MS-DOS
(parted) print                                                            
Model: ATA WDC WD3200AAJB-0 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdf: 320GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos

Number  Start   End     Size    Type      File system     Flags
 1      32.3kB  210MB   210MB   primary   ext3
 2      210MB   42.2GB  41.9GB  primary   ext3
 3      42.2GB  52.6GB  10.5GB  primary   fat32
 4      52.6GB  320GB   267GB   extended
 5      52.6GB  56.8GB  4194MB  logical   linux-swap(v1)
 6      56.8GB  58.9GB  2097MB  logical   ext3
 7      58.9GB  59.1GB  210MB   logical   ext3
 8      59.1GB  59.4GB  210MB   logical   ext4            boot
 9      59.4GB  59.7GB  313MB   logical   ext3
10      59.7GB  60.0GB  313MB   logical   ext3
11      60.0GB  60.3GB  313MB   logical   ext3
12      60.3GB  60.6GB  313MB   logical   ext3
Comment 1 Clyde E. Kunkel 2010-02-26 19:09:24 UTC 
I am attaching logs from anaconda 13.32 install and a new screenshot (clearer).
Comment 2 Clyde E. Kunkel 2010-02-26 19:12:09 UTC 
Created attachment 396640 [details]
storage log before changes are written to disk

What the log contained before making an ext4 partition on sdf
Comment 3 Clyde E. Kunkel 2010-02-26 19:13:08 UTC 
Created attachment 396641 [details]
storage log at end of install
Comment 4 Clyde E. Kunkel 2010-02-26 19:13:52 UTC 
Created attachment 396642 [details]
screen shot of most of sdf
Comment 5 David Lehman 2010-03-02 19:55:47 UTC 
*** Bug 569252 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
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