> -----Original Message----- > From: Sven Luther [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 12:22 PM > To: Zenker, Matthias (Otometrics Stuttgart) > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Status of Bug ##242114 ? [Re: Bug#269036: Sarge: > debian-installer partitioning failure] > > > On Tue, Aug 31, 2004 at 10:12:41AM +0200, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have just learnt that the bug I encountered when trying > to install > > Sarge is known under #242114 (Finds no > > partition table on a disk with partition table recognisable > by fdisk), and is 148 (!!) days old. Is there a means > > to find out what the status is, and when a fix can be expected? > > What kernel where you using, and what did you use ot create > that partition table ?
I was using the installer with kernel 2.6.7-1-386 (that is what uname -a says in the installer shell - for additional info see also my initial installation report entitled "Bug#269036: Sarge: debian-installer partitioning failure"). The initial partition table was probably generated by some version of parted, namely the one used by the SUSE Linux professional 9.0 installer (but I'm not sure, I didn't install SUSE myself). I modified it with YAST2 first (I think that YAST2 uses parted, but again I'm not sure), but that failed probably since I tried it from the running system. I then used a Knoppix 3.4 CD with kernel 2.4.23-xfs and fixed the partition with fdisk 2.12. Best regards, Matthias > > Friendly, > > Sven Luther >