Bug ID 914582
Summary dual-boot default installation proposes deleting a required partition
Classification openSUSE
Product openSUSE Distribution
Version 13.2
Hardware Other
OS Other
Status NEW
Severity Major
Priority P5 - None
Component Installation
Assignee yast2-maintainers@suse.de
Reporter bugzilla@colorremedies.com
QA Contact jsrain@suse.com
Found By ---
Blocker ---

Created attachment 620734 [details]
y2logs.tgz

UEFI Windows 8.1 system, out of the box (and also when restored) has 8
partitions. By default opensuse 13.2 proposes shrinking one partition (OK), and
deleting another (bad). The partition type GUID for the partition it suggests
deleting is Intel Rapid Start D3BFE2DE-3DAF-11DF-BA40-E3A556D89593, gdisk code
8400. This partition is necessary to support fast boot time on Windows, by
default it contains a hibernation-like image on shutdown and when deleted
corruption of the Windows volume ensues since the system isn't resumed
properly.

The bug is two fold: mainly the problem is the suggested partitioning is a bad
suggestion. Second, even though it shows in red text that it will delete
partition /dev/sda7 there's no description at all what this partition is for
the user to make an informed decision.


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