Bug 7493

Summary:	Can't install mga if first hd is unformatted
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	rh hn <mabuac.rhn>
Component:	Installer	Assignee:	Mageia Bug Squad <bugsquad>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal	CC:	marja11, pterjan, thierry.vignaud
Version:	Cauldron	Keywords:	NEEDINFO
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	x86_64
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Source RPM:		CVE:
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Description rh hn 2012-09-16 15:28:38 CEST

Trying to install cauldron from all.img on a virtual machine.

Setup:
all.img as the first drive (vda)
host /dev/sda as second drive (vdb), gpt partition table

At partitioning stage, the installer complains about unreadable partition table. If message is dismissed, it is stuck in a loop with a message box "I cannot find any room for installing" appearing.

While this situation is special, I suppose having a corrupt partition table will lead to the same result, so it would be impossible to install on the second hdd on those systems.

Partition table of device vdb is read correctly by the installer kernel (using ls /dev/vd*  on vt2).

To reproduce with kvm and virt-manager:

Download boot.iso
Set up a new vm with boot.iso as the hard drive
Add host hard drive as another device by entering /dev/sda in hdd path
Run the VM
Answer "no" when installer asks whether to reformat device

Manuel Hiebel 2012-09-23 21:12:18 CEST

CC: (none) => pterjan, thierry.vignaud

Comment 1 Samuel Verschelde 2015-05-03 15:45:39 CEST

Is this problem still present in Mageia 4 and/or Mageia 5RC?

Keywords: (none) => NEEDINFO

Comment 2 Marja Van Waes 2015-09-22 20:04:44 CEST

(In reply to Samuel VERSCHELDE from comment #1)
> Is this problem still present in Mageia 4 and/or Mageia 5RC?

No reply, and a lot of work was done on diskdrake in installer.

Assuming this got fixed.

@ rh hn

Please reopen if needed

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
CC: (none) => marja11
Resolution: (none) => FIXED