Re: [Cooker] Panoramix Experience..
> > could you give the output > > echo -e "x\np\nq\n" | /sbin/fdisk /dev/sda > (which is, (p)rint in e(x)pert mode of fdisk) > > for each disk... it may help... > > The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 1106. There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024, and could in certain setups cause problems with: 1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., LILO) 2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs (e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK) Command (m for help): Expert command (m for help): Disk /dev/sda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 1106 cylinders Nr AF Hd Sec Cyl Hd Sec Cyl StartSize ID 1 80 1 10 254 63 268 63 4321422 0c 2 00 0 1 269 254 62 281 4321485 208844 83 Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary: phys=(281, 254, 62) should be (281, 254, 63) 3 00 1 1 282 254 63 1023 453039312209336 83 4 00 254 63 1023 254 63 102316739793 1028097 0c The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 1106. There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024, and could in certain setups cause problems with: 1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., LILO) 2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs (e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK) Command (m for help): Expert command (m for help): Disk /dev/sdb: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 1106 cylinders Nr AF Hd Sec Cyl Hd Sec Cyl StartSize ID 1 00 1 10 254 63 25 63 417627 83 2 00 0 1 26 254 63 41 417690 257040 05 3 00 0 1 42 254 63 1023 67473017093160 83 4 00 0 00 0 00 0 0 00 5 00 1 1 26 254 63 41 63 256977 82 The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 1106. There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024, and could in certain setups cause problems with: 1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., LILO) 2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs (e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK) Command (m for help): Expert command (m for help): Disk /dev/sdc: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 1106 cylinders Nr AF Hd Sec Cyl Hd Sec Cyl StartSize ID 1 00 0 11 254 63 1023 1606517751825 83 2 00 0 00 0 00 0 0 00 3 00 0 00 0 00 0 0 00 4 00 0 00 0 00 0 0 00 Michael Irving
Re: [Cooker] Panoramix Experience..
On Sun, Aug 29, 1999 at 06:37:58AM +0700, tracer wrote: ... > CLM> Anyway, the reason I'm able to report this problem rather than screwing > CLM> around re-installing my system is because I found a wonderful tool called > CLM> rescuept. This great little thing let me manually rebuild my partition > CLM> table and get my SuSE back (along with all my MP3s and home directory!!) > > thats the most interesting part.. where an one find this useful > tooland can it be part of cooker... It's part of the util-linux package (search on google). Note, however, that it isn't compiled or installed by default, you need to cd into the rescuept directory and compile it manually. I agree having it as part of cooker would be a good idea. I initially tried searching for a binary version of it, but couldn't find anything. Chris
Re: [Cooker] Panoramix Experience..
"Chris L. Mason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Disk /dev/hdb: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 1232 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes > >Device BootStart EndBlocks Id System > /dev/hdb1 1 392 3148708+ 5 Extended > /dev/hdb3 588 849 2104515 83 Linux native > /dev/hdb4 850 1232 3076447+ 83 Linux native > /dev/hdb5 1 359 2883604+ 83 Linux native > /dev/hdb6 360 392265040+ 82 Linux swap > > > echo -e "x\np\nq\n" | /sbin/fdisk /dev/hdc > > (which is, (p)rint in e(x)pert mode of fdisk) > > Disk /dev/hdb: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 1232 cylinders > > Nr AF Hd Sec Cyl Hd Sec Cyl StartSize ID > 1 00 1 10 254 63 391 63 6297417 05 > 2 00 0 00 0 00 0 0 00 > 3 00 0 1 587 254 63 848 9430155 4209030 83 > 4 00 0 1 849 254 63 102313639185 6152895 83 > 5 00 2 10 254 63 358 63 5767209 83 > 6 00 1 2 359 254 63 391 63 530081 82 > creating a starting extended partition was badly handled, but now it's ok if you could re-test and tell me more (now it should be ok :) i just tested the following with no problem Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 1027 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes Device BootStart EndBlocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 301 24177515 Extended /dev/hda2 927 1027811282+ 82 Linux swap /dev/hda3 302 586 2289262+ 83 Linux /dev/hda4 587 926 2731050 83 Linux /dev/hda5 1 104835317 83 Linux /dev/hda6 105 301 1582371 83 Linux Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 1027 cylinders Nr AF Hd Sec Cyl Hd Sec Cyl StartSize ID 1 80 1 10 254 63 300 63 4835502 05 2 00 0 1 926 254 63 102314876190 1622565 82 3 00 0 1 301 254 63 585 4835565 4578525 83 4 00 0 1 586 254 63 925 9414090 5462100 83 5 00 2 10 254 63 103 63 1670634 83 6 00 1 1 104 254 63 300 63 3164742 83 > > Okay, I had one other problem too. As other people reported, the GUI > really started to slow down. It was okay for the beginning when it asked > for the Language, and the install options, but when diskdrake started to > launch, it really got slow. > yes, i must find out :( cu Pixel.
Re: [Cooker] Panoramix Experience..
> > Really sorry :-(( > > Here is the why of these problems: > > - eraseBadPartitions was on > - somewhere, the partition table could be written with no warning (silly me :( ) > > Now this will not happen anymore (at least, i truly hope) !!! That's okay, it is an experimental distribution after all. (Of course, my response right after the problem might have been a bit different :) > > > As you seem to be able to restore your partition table :) > could you send me the following > > fdisk -l /dev/hdc Disk /dev/hdb: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 1232 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes Device BootStart EndBlocks Id System /dev/hdb1 1 392 3148708+ 5 Extended /dev/hdb3 588 849 2104515 83 Linux native /dev/hdb4 850 1232 3076447+ 83 Linux native /dev/hdb5 1 359 2883604+ 83 Linux native /dev/hdb6 360 392265040+ 82 Linux swap > echo -e "x\np\nq\n" | /sbin/fdisk /dev/hdc > (which is, (p)rint in e(x)pert mode of fdisk) Disk /dev/hdb: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 1232 cylinders Nr AF Hd Sec Cyl Hd Sec Cyl StartSize ID 1 00 1 10 254 63 391 63 6297417 05 2 00 0 00 0 00 0 0 00 3 00 0 1 587 254 63 848 9430155 4209030 83 4 00 0 1 849 254 63 102313639185 6152895 83 5 00 2 10 254 63 358 63 5767209 83 6 00 1 2 359 254 63 391 63 530081 82 (I gave you hdb instead of hdc, as hdc is my cdrom drive. :) You'll note that there is room for an extra partition from cylinder 393 to 587 (hdb2) This was the partition I was going to use for cooker (I didn't bother to recreate it yet as it wasn't even formatted.) Also, hda was never touched. I have two partitions on there. One with an ancient NT partition, and one with the cooker distribution. > that way i may be able to find the main problem, that is diskdrake not being > able to understand your partition table and blanking it... Okay, I had one other problem too. As other people reported, the GUI really started to slow down. It was okay for the beginning when it asked for the Language, and the install options, but when diskdrake started to launch, it really got slow. Chris
Re: [Cooker] Panoramix Experience..
Michael Irving <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I just rebooted after having a look at panoramix. > > When I got into the graphical part of panoramix it asked me again for my scsi > card even though the txt version asked the same thing. > > Then I get into disk druid. And it can only see the partitions on my first err, diskdrake, not disk druid :pp > harddisk. The other 2 harddisks where 'empty' (but as I am now in linux running > of sdb I guess it is wrong :) ). it's cuz' something was not recognised. In that case error is still basic :( and eraseBadPartitions was set, meaning blanking silently :-(( (changed now!) > Anyhow as I didn't wanna repartition > everything I rebooted the machine. you really did not hit `Done' ?!?!?!? i would understand the problem if you had hit Done, but otherwise, i really don't understand... > (I have some partitions on my hdb that I > don't wanna fuck up) and what do I notice.. > DiskDruid has fucked up my ext2 partition it could see on sda. > And that was the only ext2 partition that I definetly didn't wanna loose as it > contains my mirror of mandrake.. > > My scsi setup is like this.. > > AHA 2940u2w > id:0 9.1 gb lvd drive on the lvd connector > id:1 9.1 gb lvd drive on the lvd connector (active terminator) > id:2 9.1 gb u2 drive on the u2 connector (terminated) > > AHA 2940uw > id:4 Tandberg SLR5 (streamer) > id:5 Plextor R820TI (cdr) > > Wouldn't it be wise to have the disk druid not to write ANYTHING on the disks > until I click something like 'done' or 'apply'?? > *yes* *yes* i totally agree. And even that way, it should warn before writing. i really don't understand how you did it... > And howcome it didn't detect the partitions on sdb and sdc?? > no real clue :( > Disk /dev/sda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 1106 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes > >Device BootStart EndBlocks Id System > /dev/sda1 * 1 269 2160711b Win95 FAT32 > /dev/sda2 283 1106 6618780f Win95 Ext'd (LBA) > /dev/sda3 270 282104422+ 83 Linux > > ^ ^ There should be an /dev/sda5 but it is now gone to /dev/nul or something > > Disk /dev/sdb: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 1106 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes > >Device BootStart EndBlocks Id System > /dev/sdb1 126208813+ 83 Linux > /dev/sdb227421285205 Extended > /dev/sdb343 1106 8546580 83 Linux > /dev/sdb52742128488+ 82 Linux swap > > Disk /dev/sdc: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 1106 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes > >Device BootStart EndBlocks Id System > /dev/sdc1 2 1106 8875912+ 83 Linux > > could you give the output echo -e "x\np\nq\n" | /sbin/fdisk /dev/sda (which is, (p)rint in e(x)pert mode of fdisk) for each disk... it may help... thanks, cu Pixel.
Re: [Cooker] Panoramix Experience..
Pixel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Here is the why of these problems: > > - eraseBadPartitions was on > - somewhere, the partition table could be written with no warning (silly me :( ) > - and also eraseBadPartitions did not set the flag isDirty (otherwise diskdrake.pm would have warned, that was the thing i didn't understand, now all is clear!) > that way i may be able to find the main problem, that is diskdrake not being > able to understand your partition table and blanking it... > alas that one is still to be fixed ;-( cu Pixel.
Re: [Cooker] Panoramix Experience..
"Chris L. Mason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > I just wanted to mention that I also had the new GUI disk partition thing > completely hose my partition table. I have two IDE drives. My second > drive had a SuSE install with a bunch of partitions, and one spare where I > figured I would just put the cooker root, then I could mount my homedir. > > Anyway, the reason I'm able to report this problem rather than screwing > around re-installing my system is because I found a wonderful tool called > rescuept. This great little thing let me manually rebuild my partition > table and get my SuSE back (along with all my MP3s and home directory!!) > > All I did was boot with the latest hd image (with the cooker distribution > on another drive which thankfully didn't get hosed). I chose expert mode, > no scsi. When the partition tool came up, all I did was hit "done" because > I didn't want to do any partitioning (I already had my partitions setup, > thank you very much!) Really sorry :-(( Here is the why of these problems: - eraseBadPartitions was on - somewhere, the partition table could be written with no warning (silly me :( ) Now this will not happen anymore (at least, i truly hope) !!! As you seem to be able to restore your partition table :) could you send me the following fdisk -l /dev/hdc and echo -e "x\np\nq\n" | /sbin/fdisk /dev/hdc (which is, (p)rint in e(x)pert mode of fdisk) that way i may be able to find the main problem, that is diskdrake not being able to understand your partition table and blanking it... > > Anway, I think I'll wait a few days before I try this again. :) > :) thanks, cu Pixel.
Re: [Cooker] Panoramix Experience..
Hi, I just wanted to mention that I also had the new GUI disk partition thing completely hose my partition table. I have two IDE drives. My second drive had a SuSE install with a bunch of partitions, and one spare where I figured I would just put the cooker root, then I could mount my homedir. Anyway, the reason I'm able to report this problem rather than screwing around re-installing my system is because I found a wonderful tool called rescuept. This great little thing let me manually rebuild my partition table and get my SuSE back (along with all my MP3s and home directory!!) All I did was boot with the latest hd image (with the cooker distribution on another drive which thankfully didn't get hosed). I chose expert mode, no scsi. When the partition tool came up, all I did was hit "done" because I didn't want to do any partitioning (I already had my partitions setup, thank you very much!) Anway, I think I'll wait a few days before I try this again. :) Chris
