Fedora's storage editor (Anaconda installer) doesn't show up the 2nd disk

[bep1995 (Jonathan Mpaglamas)]

Hello guys !!

I have 2 disks , one have win 11 and the other pop os. when i boot from the fedora iso to install fedora to the pop os disk it reads both disks as it should, but the “storage editor” to make custom partitions shows only the win 11 disk. i can install fedora outside the “storage editor” using for example the “use entire disk” option but i can’t make make custom partitions.

The problem exist even if i format the pop os disk and leave it unallocated. One time tho it show up the pop os/unallocated disk and and didn’t show up the win 11 disk. Either way it didn’t show up both disk not even a single time and i tried it many times with many combinations.

I tried many distros like ubuntu, manjaro kde, pop os, linux mint, zoris os and i can normally make custom partitions with them. Fedora 41 which have the older installation menu can show both disks tho on custom mode, so it must be storage editor’s problem with the newr versions.

As you can see this is on a vmware worksation but i’m planning to buy a real second small nvme to install fedora (with seperate bootloaders) to see how it’s running on a real h/w.

[tqcharm (Mike B.)]

The disk selection seems to be misleading. This should work:

• On the Destination page select the disk where you want to install Fedora. The doubling of checkboxes on the left and check-sign on the right is misleading as well, try leaving only one check-box checked (the one where Fedora should be installed, like in the example screenshot below).
• Then launch the Storage Editor. The disk previously selected should be displayed.

[ilikelinux]

Welcome to Fedora @bep1995

@bep1995

Fedora 41 which have the older installation menu can show both disks tho on custom mode, so it must be storage editor’s problem with the newr versions.

Have a look here:

Fedora 42 Workstation installer only supports BIOS-style bootloader on the first disk

Problem Fedora 42 Workstation features a new “webUI” installer front-end. Compared to the old GTK interface, it currently misses the option to select which disk a bootloader will be installed onto (which only affects systems in BIOS mode, where bootloader needs to be installed to the disk; it doesn’t affect systems in UEFI mode). When booting the installer in BIOS mode and when having multiple drives, the installer will insist that the bootloader (the biosboot partition on GPT drives) must be i…

The fact that you can see the disk on the older installer, made me think of the problem you could have.
You could use this ISO to install direct F43 with an old installer:

Index of /pub/fedora/linux/releases/43/Everything/x86_64/iso

Or better make a GPT partition table on the second disk.
Do you EFI or legacy boot?

[bep1995 (Jonathan Mpaglamas)]

It doesn’t work either. If i only select the disk that have the pop os installed on the “select destination” then the storage editor will show nothing.

[bep1995 (Jonathan Mpaglamas)]

It’s uefi and yes both disks are gpt.

[bep1995 (Jonathan Mpaglamas)]

So here’s another test with three disks (all selected) but only one appears on storage editor.

Maybe it wouldn’t happened on a real h/w but either way something it’s very wrong with this installer. It doesn’t happen with any other distro.

[ilikelinux]

@bep1995

So here’s another test with three disks (all selected) but only one appears on storage editor.

Fedora not wants to delete your windows partitions with an os installed or used by an other os.
It looks like you are in the auto install option.

To delete a existing partition with data, you do not need anymore, you have to start the “storage editor”
clicking on the tree dots (see screenshot):

There you should be able to select the disk and delete the partitions you do not need anymore.
Just after you can go back to “Use entire disk” and it should appear now.

p.s.
please take also my other comment in account, not seeing second disk or not offer it to install, as long it has an MBR boot record.