Bug 8999

Summary: lvm volume group tab not loaded in custom partitioning disk screen if partition type is not 8E
Product: Mageia Reporter: Ãric Barrat <nowahn>
Component: InstallerAssignee: Mageia Bug Squad <bugsquad>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED QA Contact:
Severity: normal    
Priority: release_blocker CC: pmdenielou, pterjan, thierry.vignaud
Version: Cauldron   
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
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Source RPM: CVE:
Status comment:
Attachments: partition layout just after booting the Mageia 3 live DVD
custom disk partitioning screen with sda1 selected
custom disk partitioning screen with sda2 selected

Description Ãric Barrat 2013-02-08 18:08:24 CET
Created attachment 3498 [details]
partition layout just after booting the Mageia 3 live DVD

Hi,

When a lvm volume group is on a lvm physical volume with partition type not set to 8E ('LVM Linux'), its corresponding tab is not loaded in the 'custom partitioning disk' screen next to the hard disks.

Notes:

1: It is possible to create lvm physical volumes on partitions with type 83 ('Linux'), and all lvm tools can use them as normal.

2: Fedora and Ubuntu's last install medias can use such volume groups as normal, as can the Mageia 2 install DVD.

Workaround:
Change the partition type to 8E('LVM Linux') (e.g. with fdisk).

Bug found with both the Gnome live DVD and the install DVD, x86_64, beta 2 (didn't test before this release).

I let the severity set to normal, but I don't know what to set here:
a: it blocks the installation when someone wants to install Mageia in the lvm volume group without deleting existing logical volumes,
b: but it is easy to workaround,
c: but it is easy to loose data when working around.
d: All other distros seems to support this, and Mageia did until Mageia 2.

I set the hardware to All because I think it is independent of that, but I only tested x86_64.
Comment 1 Ãric Barrat 2013-02-08 18:10:11 CET
Created attachment 3499 [details]
custom disk partitioning screen with sda1 selected
Comment 2 Ãric Barrat 2013-02-08 18:10:54 CET
Created attachment 3500 [details]
custom disk partitioning screen with sda2 selected
Manuel Hiebel 2013-02-08 20:26:59 CET

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

Manuel Hiebel 2013-02-25 01:32:40 CET

Priority: Normal => release_blocker

Comment 3 Malo Deniélou 2013-03-21 19:50:19 CET
Thanks Eric for the bug report. Do you know if it's still valid for the Beta 3?

CC: (none) => pierre-malo.denielou

Comment 4 Ãric Barrat 2013-03-23 10:51:04 CET
Hi,

The bug is fixed in beta3 (tried in virtualbox with the beta3 DVD).
Comment 5 Malo Deniélou 2013-03-23 11:40:24 CET
Great. Thanks for your help!
I will close the bug report then.

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