Package: installation-reports Severity: important Tags: d-i Dear Maintainer,
Here's what I see: * fdisk tells me that I have partitions misaligned. * Disk preparation during install (format/erase) took 36 hours for one 750GB disk in an inexpensive laptop. The disk is mechanical and not super fast. I am trying a new installation of Debian (wheezy). I used the guided disk configuration using LVM and encryption which created a distinct /home partition without creating many others (one of the more basic alternatives). My expectation would be quicker disk setup but I have never used the encryption, so maybe this is normal. Perhaps this problem is made worse by filesystem alignment - I wouldn't know. I would prefer to see that the installer filesystem guidance would create filesystems aligned according to common best practice. I hope this data is sufficient for you. I'm including the following information below: # fdisk -l -u=cylinders # fdisk -l /etc/fstab /etc/lvm/archive/caracol_00000-739511948.vg # fdisk -l -u=cylinders Disk /dev/sda: 750.2 GB, 750156374016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 91201 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes Disk identifier: 0x0004767a Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 1 32 248832 83 Linux /dev/sda2 32 91202 732322817 5 Extended Partition 2 does not start on physical sector boundary. /dev/sda5 32 91202 732322816 83 Linux Disk /dev/mapper/sda5_crypt: 749.9 GB, 749896466432 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 91169 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes Disk identifier: 0x00000000 Disk /dev/mapper/caracol-root: 9999 MB, 9999220736 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1215 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes Disk identifier: 0x00000000 Disk /dev/mapper/caracol-swap_1: 11.7 GB, 11714691072 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1424 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes Disk identifier: 0x00000000 Disk /dev/mapper/caracol-home: 728.2 GB, 728181506048 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 88529 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes Disk identifier: 0x00000000 Disk /dev/sdb: 7756 MB, 7756087296 bytes 32 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7514 cylinders Units = cylinders of 2016 * 512 = 1032192 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x63a75138 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 * 1 7514 7574080+ b W95 FAT32 # fdisk -l Disk /dev/sda: 750.2 GB, 750156374016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 91201 cylinders, total 1465149168 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes Disk identifier: 0x0004767a Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 2048 499711 248832 83 Linux /dev/sda2 501758 1465147391 732322817 5 Extended Partition 2 does not start on physical sector boundary. /dev/sda5 501760 1465147391 732322816 83 Linux Disk /dev/mapper/sda5_crypt: 749.9 GB, 749896466432 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 91169 cylinders, total 1464641536 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes Disk identifier: 0x00000000 Disk /dev/mapper/caracol-root: 9999 MB, 9999220736 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1215 cylinders, total 19529728 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes Disk identifier: 0x00000000 Disk /dev/mapper/caracol-swap_1: 11.7 GB, 11714691072 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1424 cylinders, total 22880256 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes Disk identifier: 0x00000000 Disk /dev/mapper/caracol-home: 728.2 GB, 728181506048 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 88529 cylinders, total 1422229504 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes Disk identifier: 0x00000000 Disk /dev/sdb: 7756 MB, 7756087296 bytes 32 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7514 cylinders, total 15148608 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x63a75138 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 * 63 15148223 7574080+ b W95 FAT32 # /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a # device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices # that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5). # # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> /dev/mapper/caracol-root / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1 # /boot was on /dev/sda1 during installation UUID=00c8b814-eee2-48a2-a80b-1b34d85415e5 /boot ext2 defaults 0 2 /dev/mapper/caracol-home /home ext4 defaults 0 2 /dev/mapper/caracol-swap_1 none swap sw 0 0 /dev/sr0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0 /dev/sdb1 /media/usb0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0 /etc/lvm/archive/caracol_00000-739511948.vg # Generated by LVM2 version 2.02.95(2) (2012-03-06): Sun Sep 8 09:38:50 2013 contents = "Text Format Volume Group" version = 1 description = "Created *before* executing '/sbin/vgscan --ignorelockingfailure'" creation_host = "caracol" # Linux caracol 3.2.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.2.41-2 x86_64 creation_time = 1378658330 # Sun Sep 8 09:38:50 2013 caracol { id = "eMuEwd-r2J0-KWNU-a20x-MsSp-CTWi-NsJRl6" seqno = 4 format = "lvm2" # informational status = ["RESIZEABLE", "READ", "WRITE"] flags = [] extent_size = 8192 # 4 Megabytes max_lv = 0 max_pv = 0 metadata_copies = 0 physical_volumes { pv0 { id = "KwymY1-HJGr-Pwtr-dFHy-qu4f-iSTT-d6xxqw" device = "/dev/dm-0" # Hint only status = ["ALLOCATABLE"] flags = [] dev_size = 1464641536 # 698.396 Gigabytes pe_start = 2048 pe_count = 178789 # 698.395 Gigabytes } } logical_volumes { root { id = "bsGPA2-dgWr-vcAw-znSD-wSX0-YV0e-wI3BcA" status = ["READ", "WRITE", "VISIBLE"] flags = [] creation_host = "caracol" creation_time = 1378657190 # 2013-09-08 09:19:50 -0700 segment_count = 1 segment1 { start_extent = 0 extent_count = 2384 # 9.3125 Gigabytes type = "striped" stripe_count = 1 # linear stripes = [ "pv0", 0 ] } } swap_1 { id = "S2UnQf-0eFh-Ktk9-ttgP-ga2S-3JhT-wr0i37" status = ["READ", "WRITE", "VISIBLE"] flags = [] creation_host = "caracol" creation_time = 1378657191 # 2013-09-08 09:19:51 -0700 segment_count = 1 segment1 { start_extent = 0 extent_count = 2793 # 10.9102 Gigabytes type = "striped" stripe_count = 1 # linear stripes = [ "pv0", 2384 ] } } home { id = "xe5JDD-1mQS-pkrp-8Jxx-Dnky-EkfX-l7qYka" status = ["READ", "WRITE", "VISIBLE"] flags = [] creation_host = "caracol" creation_time = 1378657191 # 2013-09-08 09:19:51 -0700 segment_count = 1 segment1 { start_extent = 0 extent_count = 173612 # 678.172 Gigabytes type = "striped" stripe_count = 1 # linear stripes = [ "pv0", 5177 ] } } } } -- System Information: Debian Release: 7.1 APT prefers stable-updates APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". 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