problem with partitioning (clearpart)

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Hello,

I am running a 7.2 kickstart installation and am having problems with the
partitioning.  When I attempt to write out any partitions I get this
error:

Could not allocate requested partitions:
Partitioning failed: Could not allocate partitions as primary partitions.
Press OK to reboot your system.

This occurs when I use

clearpart --linux or
clearprt -- all

and

part /boot --fstype ext3 --size=323232 --ondisk=hda
part swap --size=256 --ondisk=hda
part / --fstype ext3 --size=700 --grow --ondisk=hda

I have researched the error and have found that this error usually occurs
when more than 4 partitions are attempted to be put on a single ide hard
drive (ide is what I have).  This makes sense since it appears that
clearpart is not working as I still have the old partitions left after the
install fails.  So, basically, does anyone know why clearpart might not be
working?

--Colin Devine






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