Hi,
I'm a gentoo newbie (but have installed many Linux systems)
Using the i686 livedvd I tried to install gentoo in expert mode.
I even partitioned the harddisk before (using some rescue cd).
The partition list (obtained when running the gentoo livedvd) is
Disk /dev/sda: 251.0 GB, 251000193024 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30515 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 1300 10442218+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 1301 6800 44178750 83 Linux
/dev/sda3 6801 17800 88357500 83 Linux
/dev/sda4 17801 30515 102133237+ 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 17801 23300 44178718+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 23301 30515 57954456 83 Linux
I even created an ext3 filesystem on each of the Linux partitions.
But, the installation terminates nearly immediately with an error
message.
The file /var/log/installer.log says
GLI: September 12 2006 11:45:28 - Gentoo Linux Installer version 0.4.1
GLI: September 12 2006 11:45:28 - Setting root password.
GLI: September 12 2006 11:45:28 - Portmap started.
GLI: September 12 2006 11:45:28 - Completed pre_install steps
GLI: September 12 2006 11:51:23 - partition(): Processing /dev/sda...
GLI: September 12 2006 11:51:23 - Exception received during 'Partition':
UnknownPartitionTypeError :FATAL: partition:
Refusing to partition this drive due to the presence of an unknown type of
partition
GLI: September 12 2006 11:51:23 - Traceback (most recent call last):
GLI: September 12 2006 11:51:23 - File "/opt/installer/GLIClientController.py",
line 197, in run
self._install_steps[self._install_step]['function']()
GLI: September 12 2006 11:51:23 - File
"/opt/installer/templates/x86ArchitectureTemplate.py", line 409, in partition
raise GLIException("UnknownPartitionTypeError", 'fatal', 'partition',
"Refusing to partition this drive due to the presence of
an unknown type of partition")
GLI: September 12 2006 11:51:23 - GLIException: UnknownPartitionTypeError
:FATAL: partition:
Refusing to partition this drive due to the
presence of an unknown type of partition
Can anybody please explain that error message (since the partition flag
is correct (83))
I specified mkfs option '-t ext3' . Can this causes this error message?
Many thanks for your help.
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Helmut Jarausch
Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik
RWTH - Aachen University
D 52056 Aachen, Germany
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