On Thursday 22 January 2015 01:59:39 Bob Proulx did opine And Gene did reply: > Gene Heskett wrote: > > Bob Proulx did opine > > > > And Gene did reply: > > > > Go ahead and install its way, then run an fdisk -l and read the > > > > result, confirmed by quite slow readings from hdparm -tT on the > > > > drive you just installed it to. > > > > > > What problem are you seeing? Details? > > I assume the above links to the below: > > gene@coyote:~/Downloads$ parted /dev/sdb unit s print > > WARNING: You are not superuser. Watch out for permissions. > > Model: ATA ST1000VX000-1CU1 (scsi) > > Disk /dev/sdb: 1953525168s > > Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B > > Partition Table: gpt > > > > Number Start End Size File system Name > > Flags > > > > 1 16384s 112656383s 112640000s ext4 > > boot 2 112656384s 215056383s 102400000s linux-swap(v1) 3 > > 215062155s 317460464s 102398310s ext4 > > 4 317460465s 1953520064s 1636059600s ext4 > > But that wasn't created by the debian-installer. That partition > scheme must have been created by some other tool. The Wheezy > debian-installer will create this following type of layout from this > example system. > > Number Start End Size Type File system > Flags 1 2048s 999423s 997376s primary ext2 > 2 999424s 17000447s 16001024s primary linux-swap(v1) > 3 17002494s 78163967s 61161474s extended > 5 17002496s 78163967s 61161472s logical ext4 > > Note that partitions sda1, sda2, and sda5 are all aligned properly for > AF 4k drives. Note that sda1 is /boot but the debian-installer does > not set the boot flag. The first partition sda1 will start at sector > 2048. All of these are different from what you show. Therefore it > must have been created by a different tool.
I was, I screwed around again last night and set it up again, using gparted, until everybody was happy. So now it looks like this: gene@coyote:~/Downloads$ sudo parted /dev/sdb unit s print [sudo] password for gene: Model: ATA ST1000VX000-1CU1 (scsi) Disk /dev/sdb: 1953525168s Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B Partition Table: gpt Number Start End Size File system Name Flags 1 4130s 2072384s 2068255s ext4 2 2072385s 104470694s 102398310s ext4 3 104470695s 141334694s 36864000s linux-swap(v1) 4 141334695s 1953520064s 1812185370s ext4 gdisk says its ok, has a protective MBR but is using GPT. So probably the thing to do is get another disk, install to it, then copy it all to a good disk. That would at least get it onto this disk without the installers partitioner touching it. Worth the effort? At this point I am not sure. > > > Which it is not complaining about. BUT that is not how I spent an > > hour partitioning it last night, zero resemblance, partitions 2 & 3 > > were specced with 50G's for swap and /, the last, big one is /home. > > If it wasn't you and it wasn't the debian-installer then it must have > been someone else. Someone must have repartitioned those when you > weren't looking. Do you have a cat? I always suspect the cat. :-) > > Bob Nah, she was 20 something and toothless, so we had her take a long nap about 3 years ago. So much as I'd like to, I can't blame it on the cat. The woof has COPD, and no longer can care for a pet. I might get a dog again if she falls over first. We had a Sheltie for about 10 years, excellent pet but the short life surprised us both. I still catch myself setting a cereal or ice cream bowl on the floor for him to cleanup, 10+ years later. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> US V Castleman, SCOTUS, Mar 2014 is grounds for Impeaching SCOTUS -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/201501220750.51269.ghesk...@wdtv.com
