Anaconda "Create Custom Layout" unhandled exception

[Bob Gustafson]

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.
> 
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