Why does anaconda try to create hfsplus filesystem on efi partition while installing RHEL 7 on MAC hardware ?
Issue
- Why does
anacondatry to createhfsplusfilesystem on efi partition while installing RHEL 7 on MAC hardware ? - The installation fails with the following error in
anaconda.log
18:43:45,501 INFO anaconda: Setting up the installation environment
18:43:45,984 INFO anaconda: Creating disklabel on /dev/sda
18:43:46,338 INFO anaconda: Creating hfs+ on /dev/sda1
18:43:46,400 DEBUG anaconda: running handleException
18:43:46,989 DEBUG anaconda: Gtk cannot be initialized
18:43:46,989 DEBUG anaconda: In a non-main thread, sending a message with exception data
- And the following in
storage.log
18:43:46,346 DEBUG blivet: PartitionDevice.unsetFlag: path: /dev/sda1 ; flag: 10 ;
18:43:46,347 DEBUG blivet: PartitionDevice.unsetFlag: path: /dev/sda1 ; flag: 11 ;
18:43:46,348 DEBUG blivet: PartitionDevice.unsetFlag: path: /dev/sda1 ; flag: 12 ;
18:43:46,349 DEBUG blivet: PartitionDevice.unsetFlag: path: /dev/sda1 ; flag: 13 ;
18:43:46,349 DEBUG blivet: PartitionDevice.unsetFlag: path: /dev/sda1 ; flag: 14 ;
18:43:46,350 DEBUG blivet: PartitionDevice.unsetFlag: path: /dev/sda1 ; flag: 15 ;
18:43:46,351 DEBUG blivet: DiskLabel.commitToDisk: device: /dev/sda ; numparts: 1 ;
18:43:46,382 DEBUG blivet: HFSPlus.create: device: /dev/sda1 ; status: False ; type: hfs+ ;
18:43:46,383 DEBUG blivet: HFSPlus.doFormat: device: /dev/sda1 ; mountpoint: /boot/efi ; type: hfsplus ;
18:43:46,383 WARN blivet: Could not create label () on filesystem hfs+
- Even if there is no
mkfs.hfsplusutility, why doesanacondatry to format it with the same?
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- MAC Hardware
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