Some genius at your end cannot read the list of subscribers. I am therefore re-submitting the report from another registered address.
Ulteo Bug Tracker wrote: > You are not a registered user. > > Unknown address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Terry) > Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 13:23:38 +1100 > Subject: [bug] Partitioner does not recognise partitions > In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Daniele Favara wrote: > >> On Tue, Dec 12, [EMAIL PROTECTED]:00:48AM +1100, Terry wrote: >> >> >>> Terry wrote: >>> >>> >>>> There are two options to partition: >>>> >>>> 1. Wipe the partition table [not on my schedule] or >>>> 2. Manually edit the partition table. >>>> >>>> I chose option 2. Another window opened with a progress bar which >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a good ten minutes. >>>> >>>> When I then activated the installer window, an error message appeared >>>> "critical error during ped_disk_new". >>>> >>>> When I clicked "ok", the window with the progress bar disappeared and I >>>> was left with the installer window supposedly displaying partition >>>> information. >>>> >>>> The only partition listed was /dev/sda. No mention of sda1 - sda8. >>>> Oddly, I had a similar problem with the Xubuntu "installer" which, I >>>> believe, also uses qtparted. >>>> >>>> I repeated the exercise with the same result. >>>> >>>> Cheers and congratulations on the release. >>>> >>>> >>> Just thought I would add that I've made a third attempt. This time I >>> let the live cd run without choosing any [EMAIL PROTECTED] outset. >>> >>> When I chose the manual edit option in the "partitioner", I got the >>> error message immediately and then the screen containing only the whole >>> hard drive as one partition. >>> >>> The partitions were created by Mandriva and PCLinuxOS. They have been >>> recognised by installers for Fedora, Zenwalk, Sabayon and even Mepis, >>> which is based on Kubuntu. >>> >>> I am quite sure they exist because I have logged on to or used all of >>> them. None are empty, except, possibly, the swap partition. >>> >>> >> If if worked on Mepis and it's based on kubuntu it's probably not based >> on kubuntu dapper. For bug reports on installer please attach log files >> from /var/log/installer|partman|syslog >> >> thanks >> > > I suppose that request makes sense to you. Could you walk me through that? > > The symbol | presumably indicates a paragraph rather than a subfolder. > > The log files exist, I imagine, only in memory, so I will have to run > the live cd and installer again. I want to know what I'm going to do > before starting because, otherwise, it could be a complete waste of time. > > Does the live cd have a tool such as Midnight Commander enabling me to > copy the logs to a partition on my hard disk? (A partition which the > installer cannot see.) > > I can probably mount partition sda7 to /mnt/sda7 and use cp to copy if > no easier method exists. So then, I guess, I type > > cp /var/log/installer|partman|syslog > /mnt/sda7/home/terry/Current/siriusPartman.log > > That looks wrong to me. I don't want to spend all day trying to work > out how to get it right. > > I need a tool useable by a human; if I have to use vi, it may take until > next century. > > > Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Bugs mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.ulteo.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/bugs
