https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=794505 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=794505#c0 Summary: AutoYaST uses inappropriate space when free space not contiguous (DELL T5600 with LSI MegaRAID 2008) Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 12.2 Version: Final Platform: x86-64 OS/Version: openSUSE 12.2 Status: NEW Severity: Major Priority: P5 - None Component: AutoYaST AssignedTo: fehr@suse.com ReportedBy: pjb1008@cam.ac.uk QAContact: qa-bugs@suse.de Found By: --- Blocker: --- Created an attachment (id=517129) --> (http://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=517129) Fragment of XML config containing partitioning information User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-GB; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101203 SUSE/3.6.13-0.1.1 Firefox/3.6.13 Install Windows 7, yielding this partition: [47 heads, 36 sectors/track, 2308478 cylinders] Start | End | Start | Size Hd Sec Cyl | Hd Sec Cyl | Blocks | Blocks 9 33 1 | 46 36 1023 | 2048 | 22528000 The AutoYaST configuration file says to create a partition for /boot of 100MB, which it does. It then creates a logical volume for everything else, with size 'max'. AutoYaST picks the first cylinder for the logical volume (ie. the tiny space) instead of the space at the end of data (nearly the entire disk). Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install windows 7 with this type of RAID card. (Hopefully it'll do the same if you just create a appropriate partition on a blank disk.) 2. Install OpenSUSE using the attached disk config. Actual Results: On the screen, the following message is displayed. Error A logical volume with the requested size could not be created. Expected Results: Windows partition left alone near the start of the disk. Linux ext3 /boot just after. Linux LVM PV for the VG occupying the remainder of the disk. Output of fdisk -l -u=cylinders: Disk /dev/sda: 1999.8 GB, 1999844147200 bytes 47 heads, 36 sectors/track, 2308478 cylinders Units = cylinders of 1692 * 512 = 866304 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x66b2d02d Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 2 133146 112640000 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT Output of fdisk -l: Disk /dev/sda: 1999.8 GB, 1999844147200 bytes 47 heads, 36 sectors/track, 2308478 cylinders, total 3905945600 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x66b2d02d Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 2048 225282047 112640000 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT /var/log/YaST2/disk_sda.info: <?xml version="1.0"?> <disk> <name>sda</name> <device>/dev/sda</device> 1952972800 <major>8</major> <minor>0</minor> <range>256</range> <geometry> <cylinders>2308478</cylinders> <heads>47</heads> <sectors>36</sectors> </geometry> <label>msdos</label> 4 true 255 pci-0000:04:00.0-scsi-0:2:0:0 scsi-3690b11c01e94a1001849db2b14812561 wwn-0x690b11c01e94a1001849db2b14812561 <partition> <name>sda1</name> <device>/dev/sda1</device> 112640000 <major>8</major> <minor>1</minor> <numeric>true</numeric> <number>1</number> ntfs-3g 2C12F02612EFF32E Windows 7 x64 id <region> <start>1</start> <length>133145</length> </region> primary 7 true </partition> </disk> -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.