http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=5062
Product: Installation
Component: Installation
Summary: [MDK 9.2 RC1] Why installation requires to format
partitions?
Product: Installation
Version: 1.829
Platform: Other
OS/Version: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: P2
Component: Installation
AssignedTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ReportedBy: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Platform: x86
Release: Mandrake Linux 9.2 RC1
Language: English (en_US) (problable affects all languages)
Installation Type: default installation.
Hardware: 2 harddisks, with existing partitions filling all space. There are
two formated and empty partitions that will be used for the installation.
Problem: I select [1] the existing empty partitions (hdb1 and hdb6) to install
(hdb1 -> / , hdb6 -> /usr ). They are formated to ext2 filesystem type. The "Do
you want to format the partitions?" marks for formating / and /usr . If you
uncheck them, it complains that /usr should be formated. I go ahead, format
them, and (because of another problem) I end in the partitions screen again. So
now they are formated by diskdrake. And again, selecting the partitons for
install, diskdrake complains if I do not want to format them.
[1] This happens if I select any of the "use existing partitions" or select
the "custom partitioning" options.
Also, if I select some of the existing partitions to be mounted on /opt , /tmp
, /mnt/musica etc , the format screen showns all the partitions selected
except the "/" partition. "/usr" is shown and marked to format.
More information (from MDK 9.1):
[EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# fdisk -l /dev/hda
Disk /dev/hda: 60.0 GB, 60040544256 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7299 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 3 24066 83 Linux
/dev/hda2 64 7299 58123170 5 Extended
/dev/hda3 4 63 481950 83 Linux
/dev/hda4 4622 5258 5116702+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda5 64 94 248976 82 Linux swap
/dev/hda6 95 733 5132736 83 Linux
/dev/hda7 734 2018 10321731 83 Linux
/dev/hda8 2019 3319 10450251 83 Linux
/dev/hda9 3320 4621 10458283+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda10 5259 5296 305203+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda11 7238 7299 497983+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda12 5297 5939 5164866 83 Linux
/dev/hda13 5940 %2
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