https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=419854 Summary: Automatic partitioning does not follow control file Product: openSUSE 11.1 Version: Factory Platform: x86 OS/Version: openSUSE 11.0 Status: NEW Severity: Major Priority: P5 - None Component: AutoYaST AssignedTo: ug@novell.com ReportedBy: lukasz.stelmach@iem.pw.edu.pl QAContact: qa@suse.de Found By: --- Created an attachment (id=235111) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=235111) The partiton layout I desire I try to setup two dozen of machines in a student lab. So I started working with autoyast. The machines have to be dual boot with Windows XP on the first 70GB (9140cyl) primary partition. I've created a partitioning section in the profile but autoyast messes it up. First I tried two partitions (windows and boot, see the attached Partitions.xml). Instead of 70G+149M I got 75G+75G. I discovered the bug is in autopart.ycp from the autoyast package. The mess is introduced in normalize_gaps because the "want_cyl" parameter isn't set in add_cylinder_info unless the sizes of partitions are given as percentages or maxsize is defined. So I set the maxsize of the partitions to cylinder-size*partition-size (second region_entry). I worked, however, I consider it a bug to have to give the maxsize. Then I added the other three partitions. For an unknown reason the weighting/normalizing mechanism is triggered and I get some completely stupid results like: windows partition about 30G, two extended partitions, one of them about 70G but empty and the other 32G containing the two logical partitons. I don't know the scripting language yast is written in but from what I could understand I can tell that region tags should be translated to gaps without any modifications and normalizations. extended should be valid and cause yast creating an extended partiton that would be treated properly later on when logical partions are created. There should be means of specifying which extended partition logical partitions belong to. The whole autoyast stuff with classes, profiles etc. is a great thing but I am afraid I will have to use pre-scripts two create partitions and crate a profile that just uses them. -- 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.