Check Fedora Bug #489148 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=489148 Particularly the 'issues' part at the end of Comment #7 It seems like Anaconda does not use the partition information 'on disk' when trying to do an update. It is much more comfortable wiping the user's disk and doing a virgin install.. Bug above is directed to systems with motherboard raid hardware, but your note seems to indicate the problem might not be restricted to RAID. Bob G On Thu, 2009-03-26 at 10:43 -0700, Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R wrote: > Over the last week or so I've had good luck with pxeboot rawhide > installs using custom disk layouts. But yesterday I changed my office > machine to an MSI P43 NEO3 and Anaconda was stumped. > > Different versions of fdisk showed slightly different partitions. > After several attempts to install Rawhide, I gave up and installed > OpenSUSE, which installed without complaint. But Rawhide > still couldn't hack custom layout. > > I tried reverting to the "last known good" Rawhide from last year > (anaconds 11.5.0.17) but custom layout still got an unhandled exception. > > Finally I swapped hard drives and used Win XP to clear partitions > and install Windows on a 50G partition. The current Rawhide was > able to install using the "replace linux" option. > > I know the details here are rather sketchy. I suspect the problem > may be related to the motherboard and the apparent presence of > two partition tables on the same drive. And the problem <so far> > is appearing only on this motherboard. > > -- > Chuck Forsberg caf@xxxxxxxx www.omen.com 503-614-0430 > Developer of Industrial ZMODEM(Tm) for Embedded Applications > Omen Technology Inc "The High Reliability Software" > 10255 NW Old Cornelius Pass Portland OR 97231 FAX 629-0665 > -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list
