Description of problem: Platform: Dell Precision M6800 32GB Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4710MQ CPU @ 2.50GHz Attempting to replace 750G HD with 1T HD, and switch from Legacy to UEFI boot mode. When I got to the partitioning stage, this is what the installer saw and displayed. sda1(300M) ef /boot/EFI sda2(113G) 7 /media/windows sda3(48G) 83 /var sda4(rest) 5 extended sda5(31G) 82 swap sda6(738G) 83 /home Note that the installer assigned sda3 to /var and insisted / was already assigned when trying to change it to /. On a lark, I switched to advanced mode and unmounted swap. Now I was able to change /var to / and remount swap. Also, reloaded the partition table and sda2 was now mounted as /media/win_c [Opening another bug regarding win_d] Swapped sda & sdb to be able to boot and report this. Here's the new HD: # fdisk -l /dev/sdb Disk /dev/sdb: 931.5 GiB, 1000204886016 bytes, 1953525168 sectors Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes Disklabel type: dos Disk identifier: 0x86461099 Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type /dev/sdb1 2048 616447 614400 300M ef EFI (FAT-12/16/32) /dev/sdb2 616448 237883391 237266944 113.1G 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT /dev/sdb3 237883392 338546687 100663296 48G 83 Linux /dev/sdb4 338546688 1953525167 1614978480 770.1G 5 Extended /dev/sdb5 338548736 405653503 67104768 32G 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sdb6 405655552 1953525167 1547869616 738.1G 83 Linux Deliberately did not set boot flag -- wanted to see if install sets it... Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: always; well, at least twice Steps to Reproduce: 1. Setup new HD as above. 2. Start mga5 installer (boot.iso on CD in this case) 3.
See also bug 17822
In case it matters, the new HD does not include the Dell "Dell Utility" and "RECOVERY" partitions -- these will remain on original HD if ever needed.
Hi Pierre, For classical installer bugs, we always need logs https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Triage_guide#Traditional_installer If you didn't reboot during install, then /root/drakx/report.bug.xz from the install should contain all logs. Please attach that file. (Btw, looking at what you pasted above, I see > Disklabel type: dos That is very weird. It is impossible to have an UEFI install if you didn't first wipe the disk and gpt partition it. What you should have there is "Disklabel type: gpt" https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Installing_on_systems_with_UEFI_firmware ) Anyway, please do attach /root/drakx/report.bug.xz
CC: (none) => marja11Source RPM: (none) => drakx-installer-stage2Whiteboard: (none) => NEEDINFO
Nothing found in /root; probably because / was pointing at swap... Looks like I need to do more prep work... I was trying to salvage partitions I'd spent many hours copying to the new drive without first understanding the MBR to GPT migration.
Status: NEW => RESOLVEDResolution: (none) => INVALID