https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=372320
Bug ID: 372320
Summary: Unusable 1MB partition created when making a new
partition table with Mint18 Sarah on notebook disk.
Product: partitionmanager
Version: unspecified
Platform: Mint (Debian based)
OS: Linux
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: major
Priority: NOR
Component: general
Assignee: andr...@stikonas.eu
Reporter: berry.whiteti...@gmail.com
Target Milestone: ---
Created attachment 102163
--> https://bugs.kde.org/attachment.cgi?id=102163&action=edit
Mint18 Sarah install fails on /sda config manager creates unusable 1MB on front
of the disk.
KDE Partition Manager(1.2.1) Mint18-Sarah clears the partition table then
creates an unusable 1MB. Partition on the front of /sda notebook SATA-disk.
Reproducible: Always several attempts to make a bootable disk failed.
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Use KDE Partition Manager to create a new MBR and then create a /boot node
of 100MB & a /root node of 30gb with 2k-swap space with Sarah installer.
2. use gdisk to unmount all disk except USB-Sarah.
disk.
3. Create a new partition, or edit the disk with KDE Partition Manager to
create a bootdisk.
4. Verify with gdisk that the MBR is changed.
Actual Results:
The new partition table is created.
Expected Results:
Allows the user to setup any partition size for the linux /boot disk.
This bug makes the computer unbootable. My experience is that the new "KDE
Partition Manager" is buggy with Frameworks 5.23.0. Perhaps it's a new release
bug. It creates an unusable 1MB parition on the front of my disk when a new
partition table is created see my snapshot. Everything works fine with Kubuntu
15 using ver Frameworks 5.10.0 on KDE Partition manager version1.2.1. Look at
my photo closely. I did not manually create the 1MB partition. It was created
by the KDE partition manager (ver 1.2.1) Because the same version is used for
both kubuntu & mint18 I expect a change took place in the frameworks
(5.23.0-vers5.10.0) that broken the installer for grub1.99. I have not tried it
for grub2.0 since I have no tool for that.
Workaround:
Using Kubuntu15.2 (ver: 1.2.1 (frameworks 5.10.0) i was able to create a usable
partition on my internal SATA-disk. I reinstalled Kubuntu without any error.
PCI Information:
Yes hardware is old. I know.
lee@kbuntu15-Aspire-4349:~$ inxi -f
CPU: Dual core Intel Celeron B815 (-MCP-) cache: 2048 KB
clock speeds: max: 1600 MHz 1: 799 MHz 2: 799 MHz
Linux versions used:
Kubuntu 15.1 kernel:3.19.0-16-generic #16-Ubuntu SMP Thu Apr 30 16:09:58 UTC
2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Mint18 Sarah kernel: 4.4.0-21-generic #37-ubuntu SMP x86_64 GNU/linux
NO backtrace information available. This is not a crash report. After rebooting
user gets an error "No boot disk found"
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