Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary?
I have installed Debian Squeeze using the beta2 installer downloaded from Debian Installer's page (I mean, I didn't use the weekly snapshot). The following is the output of fdisk on my hard drive in which I noticed something I am not familiar with: Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary. I searched and it turned out to be not a thing to worry about (am I right?) but I thought I'd better be reporting it so experts may decide. Can anyone tell me how to get rid of it? Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x000b2a8b Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 1 32 248832 83 Linux Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary. /dev/sda2 32 19458 1560391695 Extended /dev/sda5 32 19458 156039168 83 Linux Thanks. Nima
Bug#607808: (no subject)
Subject: installation-reports: installation completed without any problems Package: installation-reports Severity: normal Tags: d-i -- Package-specific info: Boot method: DVD Image version: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/squeeze_di_beta2/amd64/iso-dvd/debian-squeeze-di-beta2-amd64-DVD-1.iso Dec 03 Date: Date and time of the install Machine: HP Pavilion dv5 laptop Partitions: df -Tl will do; the raw partition table is preferred Base System Installation Checklist: [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Initial boot: [ ] Detect network card:[ ] Configure network: [ ] Detect CD: [ ] Load installer modules: [ ] Detect hard drives: [ ] Partition hard drives: [ ] Install base system:[ ] Clock/timezone setup: [ ] User/password setup:[ ] Install tasks: [ ] Install boot loader:[ ] Overall install:[ ] Comments/Problems: Description of the install, in prose, and any thoughts, comments and ideas you had during the initial install. -- Please make sure that the hardware-summary log file, and any other installation logs that you think would be useful are attached to this report. Please compress large files using gzip. Once you have filled out this report, mail it to sub...@bugs.debian.org. == Installer lsb-release: == DISTRIB_ID=Debian DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION=Debian GNU/Linux installer DISTRIB_RELEASE=6.0 (squeeze) - installer build 20101127 X_INSTALLATION_MEDIUM=cdrom == Installer hardware-summary: == uname -a: Linux debian 2.6.32-5-amd64 #1 SMP Sat Oct 30 14:18:21 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux lspci -knn: 00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub [8086:2a40] (rev 07) lspci -knn: Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:3603] lspci -knn: 00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset PCI Express Graphics Port [8086:2a41] (rev 07) lspci -knn: Kernel driver in use: pcieport lspci -knn: 00:1a.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:2937] (rev 03) lspci -knn: Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:3603] lspci -knn: Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd lspci -knn: 00:1a.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 [8086:2938] (rev 03) lspci -knn: Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:3603] lspci -knn: Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd lspci -knn: 00:1a.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 [8086:293c] (rev 03) lspci -knn: Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:3603] lspci -knn: Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd lspci -knn: 00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller [8086:293e] (rev 03) lspci -knn: Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:3603] lspci -knn: 00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [8086:2940] (rev 03) lspci -knn: Kernel driver in use: pcieport lspci -knn: 00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2 [8086:2942] (rev 03) lspci -knn: Kernel driver in use: pcieport lspci -knn: 00:1c.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 3 [8086:2944] (rev 03) lspci -knn: Kernel driver in use: pcieport lspci -knn: 00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 4 [8086:2946] (rev 03) lspci -knn: Kernel driver in use: pcieport lspci -knn: 00:1c.4 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 5 [8086:2948] (rev 03) lspci -knn: Kernel driver in use: pcieport lspci -knn: 00:1c.5 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 6 [8086:294a] (rev 03) lspci -knn: Kernel driver in use: pcieport lspci -knn: 00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:2934] (rev 03) lspci -knn: Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:3603] lspci -knn: Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd lspci -knn: 00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:2935] (rev 03) lspci -knn: Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:3603] lspci -knn: Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd lspci -knn: 00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:2936] (rev 03) lspci -knn: Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:3603] lspci -knn: Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd lspci -knn: 00:1d.3 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 [8086:2939] (rev 03) lspci -knn: Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard
Bug#607808: (no subject)
Hope it helped. That's the smallest thing I could do. Have a nice time and keep up the great work you're doing. Nima On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 8:39 PM, Christian PERRIER bubu...@debian.orgwrote: Quoting Nima Azarbayjany (i.adore.deb...@gmail.com): Subject: installation-reports: installation completed without any problems Given that your installation was a complete success, I do as usual with reports for successful installations: I close the bug..:-) This does not of course mean you weren't right to report. Knowing the installations are correct is important for the d-i team. Many thanks for your time testing the Debian Installer and reporting your results. Have fun with your new Debian system! -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJNEjCsAAoJEIcvcCxNbiWoaOAQAJ7yEALr5vy2Ja5RcGl/aETc Yz+PebOh0sv0PJVpErKtqmNIz/zcAPJhVLxDWD3dCBCt/moQSgAmjIV283uZmpuw t/1OiokCoFgiGbVQleBpu/fN+KzRhPhxB+qqI+dCGcJXQ2k8nD9RAR76JI1WUk5V hxh2UeUYoyPh9aBHYLPO7d+SvJ2e2lzWNk0GEkHTapV0O26PHIPh2iXW10yEUrSb EdPz+uHn7DcStP+vwqd9Cg/DH9zneMxl3qjidnM+i6cBHbpUd1qiP1/37y55fU/a eG/me0iTVlaBgpPSe2lirApRUeFXMBnZKdjjnh6doQ42zBGdpi7VPT7I+t2czisP SmAMyXy6LJ7l+u0C4smDxqSKFlZlbORZFabCjbGW8ThMwDWC98eO35NAMSgU6QJY 4ombHl5oNtS8/xCCODrkLSZPnZyQ4A9CdwzILflY+NcNX76h8yQl8hvRXVCwAZU8 zddoGegTeUMXtidu1kVxPEBSziEjpWTMk6e0wxyGG9Ff0cmZp5naJtY4hcVO1NnK uE3mwY/PuWcmvkmWlLg2t9c8IqODnm6yJGtjyso50jZdAXJ/L/0lFA+40cIzp5xr jX20npGrywfTZkhG9kD/PkBG6SnbVUTbUA+abBCkwJNRolsfUxAcnADN8pYsNOrz epNY1SupveE0re05/SUB =gvro -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: A notice to the Debian Installer team...
Hi Petter, I have actually used the multi partman recipe. My hard drive is 160G in size. The space allocated to /usr was more than enough under Lenny. I used to install both Gnome and KDE and lot more additional packages. But now I have only Gnome with a very small number of additional packages and the partition is running low on disk space. I think at least 6G should have been allocated to /usr. Installing Lenny with the laptop task selected consisted only of 815 or so packages whereas now more 1100 packages were installed for a Squeeze laptop install with more new packages installed on system upgrades. By the way, this was fortunately my first time to use LVM when partitioning. ;) Nima On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 10:08 PM, Petter Reinholdtsen p...@hungry.comwrote: [Nima Azarbayjany] I faced a problem in using Debian Squeeze recently which you should be aware of it by now but I'm writing you anyway to make sure it gets resolved sooner (if it is not yet). Very good. The problem is that using the installer's default partitioning scheme nearly 5Gb is allocated to the /usr partition which now seems to be too small for a normal Debian system. I have a fresh install of Squeeze on my laptop with only a small number of additional packages installed. The version of the installer I have used is I think not the newest one which also installs recommended packages. I suspect you were using the multi partman recipe, which specify the size of /usr/ should be between 500 and 5000 MB, depending on the size of the hard drive. Nevertheless, I have installed all updates and there is currently around 800Mb free space left on the partition. Few days ago I tried installing KDevelop (the first KDE software to get installed) and its installation went smoothly except that I was prompted with a message that there is too low disk space left on /usr although there was still 200Mb or so free space on it. The message kept popping up regularly. I have now removed KDevelop and all KDE packages upon which it depends but this sure is problem which has to be taken care of given the larger number of packages installed by default and the natural growth of package and distribution sizes. For your hard drive, how much space do you believe should have been used on /usr/? How big is the hard drive? If someone lets me know whether this issue has been resolved and what is the default partitioning scheme of the Debian Installer or where to fetch this information it can be of great help. Thanks for your attention. Personally, I always use LVM, which allow me to resize partitions after installation. It might be a good idea for you too. :) Happy hacking, -- Petter Reinholdtsen
A notice to the Debian Installer team...
Hi all, Let me first thank you for your work which has made using the great Debian operating system possible! :-) I faced a problem in using Debian Squeeze recently which you should be aware of it by now but I'm writing you anyway to make sure it gets resolved sooner (if it is not yet). The problem is that using the installer's default partitioning scheme nearly 5Gb is allocated to the /usr partition which now seems to be too small for a normal Debian system. I have a fresh install of Squeeze on my laptop with only a small number of additional packages installed. The version of the installer I have used is I think not the newest one which also installs recommended packages. Nevertheless, I have installed all updates and there is currently around 800Mb free space left on the partition. Few days ago I tried installing KDevelop (the first KDE software to get installed) and its installation went smoothly except that I was prompted with a message that there is too low disk space left on /usr although there was still 200Mb or so free space on it. The message kept popping up regularly. I have now removed KDevelop and all KDE packages upon which it depends but this sure is problem which has to be taken care of given the larger number of packages installed by default and the natural growth of package and distribution sizes. If someone lets me know whether this issue has been resolved and what is the default partitioning scheme of the Debian Installer or where to fetch this information it can be of great help. Thanks for your attention. All the best, Nima -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4bf9589b.6020...@gmail.com
