Bug#292111: installation-reports: FAILURE TO RECOGNIZE EXISTING PARTITIONS
On Sun, Jan 30, 2005 at 07:10:37PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: Heu, the above doesn't seem to fail in the diagnostic of what the new version should be fixing though. Gene, are you sure the disk actually had a partition table, and if so, what was it ? Also, could you see what the kernel has to say about it, by going to console 2, and looking at /proc/partitions. Also, what parted has to say about it directly too. Go to console 2 and type parted, and then print, copy the info, and then quit. Friendly, Sven Luther Here is some more data, below. I should explain that the data I sent 12 hours ago, was taken using 'linux26'. In the new data, I've run 'linux26 noscsi', 'linux' and 'linux noscsi'. as you'll see, linux (2.4 kernel) reports the disk and partitions as a different device than linux26. The 2.4 kernel produces more information about the partitions. In addition, 'linux' and 'linux noscsi' report almost the same information, but a few of the numbers are a little different. Finally, my BIOS reports that the disk is on Channel 2, LBA, ATA 133 My motherboard is EPOX 8KDA. My CPU is an Athlon 64. The disk, as you know, is a SATA Maxtor: (Maxtor 6Y160M0, 163 GB) The previous data was based on 'linux26'. The follownig three sets of data are: 'linux26 noscsi', 'linux' and 'linux noscsi'. === [ linux26 noscsi ] more /proc/partitions major minor #blocks name 8 0 160086528 sda 8 1 61480723 sda1 8 2 1 sda2 8 32128581 sda3 8 5 10723356 sda5 8 6 31117873 sda6 8 7 20265966 sda7 8 8 34369839 sda8 === [ linux (without noscsi) ] more /proc/partitions major minor #blocks name rio rmerge rsect ruse wio wmerge wsect wuse runni ng use aveq 33 0 160086528 ide/host2/bus0/target0/lun0/disc 158 469 1241 220 0 0 0 0 -2 137330 42675212 33 1 61480723 ide/host2/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 3 3 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 2 1 ide/host2/bus0/target0/lun0/part2 3 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 32128581 ide/host2/bus0/target0/lun0/part3 3 3 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 5 10723356 ide/host2/bus0/target0/lun0/part5 105 15 227 40 0 0 0 0 0 40 40 33 6 31117873 ide/host2/bus0/target0/lun0/part6 3 3 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 7 20265966 ide/host2/bus0/target0/lun0/part7 3 3 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 8 34369839 ide/host2/bus0/target0/lun0/part8 3 3 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 660862 hda 982 2490 13954 11770 0 0 0 0 3 137180 200930 parted [ Yields same result as in other cases ] === [ linux noscsi ] more /proc/partitions major minor #blocks name rio rmerge rsect ruse wio wmerge wsect wuse runni ng use aveq 33 0 160086528 ide/host2/bus0/target0/lun0/disc 105 1033 2263 240 0 0 0 0 -2 459780 42030332 33 1 61480723 ide/host2/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 3 3 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 2 1 ide/host2/bus0/target0/lun0/part2 3 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 32128581 ide/host2/bus0/target0/lun0/part3 3 3 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 5 10723356 ide/host2/bus0/target0/lun0/part5 16 3 25 40 0 0 0 0 0 40 40 33 6 31117873 ide/host2/bus0/target0/lun0/part6 3 3 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 7 20265966 ide/host2/bus0/target0/lun0/part7 3 3 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 8 34369839 ide/host2/bus0/target0/lun0/part8 3 3 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 660862 hda 982 2490 13954 11810 0 0 0 0 3 459620 1168380 ls -l /dev/ide/host2/bus0/target0/lun0/part5 brw---1 root root 33, 5 Jan 1 1970 /dev/ide/host2/bus0/targ et0/lun0/part5 ls -l /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/cd brw-rw-rw-1 root root 3, 0 Jan 1 1970 /dev/ide/host0/bus0/targ et0/lun0/cd parted GNU Parted 1.6.11 with HFS shrink patch 12.5 Copyright (C) 1998 - 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This program is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. Using /dev/ide/host2/bus0/target0/lun0/disc Warning: Unable to align partition properly. This probably means that another partitioning tool generated an incorrect partition table, because it didn't have the correct BIOS geometry. It is safe to ignore,but ignoring may cause (fixable) problems with some boot loaders. Information: The operating system thinks the geometry on /dev/ide/host2/bus0/target0/lun0/disc is 19929/255/63. Therefore, cylinder 1024 ends at 8032.499M. Warning: Unable to align partition properly. This probably means that another partitioning tool generated an incorrect partition table, because it didn't have the
Bug#292111: installation-reports: FAILURE TO RECOGNIZE EXISTING PARTITIONS
Thanks. I'll probably be trying it over the weekend. - Gene On Sun, Jan 30, 2005 at 06:27:11PM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: On Tuesday 25 January 2005 07:36, Gene Cooperman wrote: I tried to use the Debian installer with Debian testing (Sarge, version of 1/17/05, rc2 release). Unfortunately, when it came to partitioning, I selected manually partition and was presented only with the possibility of partitioning the whole disk: Maxtor 6Y160M0 (163 GB) The installer knows the disk, but did not show me my existing partitions for reformatting. People are currently working on a new version of parted that may well fix your problems. Please try again later this week using a _daily_ netinst CD image of the installer. Please let us know the results. Cheers, FJP -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#292111: installation-reports: FAILURE TO RECOGNIZE EXISTING PARTITIONS
On Tuesday 25 January 2005 07:36, Gene Cooperman wrote: I tried to use the Debian installer with Debian testing (Sarge, version of 1/17/05, rc2 release). Unfortunately, when it came to partitioning, I selected manually partition and was presented only with the possibility of partitioning the whole disk: Maxtor 6Y160M0 (163 GB) The installer knows the disk, but did not show me my existing partitions for reformatting. People are currently working on a new version of parted that may well fix your problems. Please try again later this week using a _daily_ netinst CD image of the installer. Please let us know the results. Cheers, FJP -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#292111: installation-reports: FAILURE TO RECOGNIZE EXISTING PARTITIONS
On Sun, Jan 30, 2005 at 06:27:11PM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: On Tuesday 25 January 2005 07:36, Gene Cooperman wrote: I tried to use the Debian installer with Debian testing (Sarge, version of 1/17/05, rc2 release). Unfortunately, when it came to partitioning, I selected manually partition and was presented only with the possibility of partitioning the whole disk: Maxtor 6Y160M0 (163 GB) The installer knows the disk, but did not show me my existing partitions for reformatting. People are currently working on a new version of parted that may well fix your problems. Please try again later this week using a _daily_ netinst CD image of the installer. Heu, the above doesn't seem to fail in the diagnostic of what the new version should be fixing though. Gene, are you sure the disk actually had a partition table, and if so, what was it ? Also, could you see what the kernel has to say about it, by going to console 2, and looking at /proc/partitions. Also, what parted has to say about it directly too. Go to console 2 and type parted, and then print, copy the info, and then quit. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#292111: installation-reports: FAILURE TO RECOGNIZE EXISTING PARTITIONS
Package: installation-reports Debian-installer-version: Jan 17, 2005, official RC2, CD Image by http from Debian Web pages uname -a: INSTALL FAILED (both under linux26 and normal linux boot) Date: Jan. 24, 2005 Method: Boot from CD; Initial install with Debian CD-1 already failed Machine: Custom machine with SATA hard drive (Maxtor 6Y160M0) Processor: AMD Athlon 64, 3000+ Memory: 512 MB RAM Root Device: IDE SATA; Other Linuxes call it /dev/hde (Knoppix 3.7 or /dev/sda (Mandrake 10.1) Root Size/partition table: SEE NOTES BELOW. Output of lspci and lspci -n: SEE NOTES BELOW. Base System Installation Checklist: [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Initial boot worked:[O] Configure network HW: [O] Config network: [O] Detect CD: [O] Load installer modules: [O] Detect hard drives: [O] Partition hard drives: [E] Create file systems:[ ] Mount partitions: [ ] Install base system:[ ] Install boot loader:[ ] Reboot: [ ] Comments/Problems: INSTALL FAILED TO RECOGNIZE MY EXISTING PARTITIONS IT OFFERED TO ERASE MY DISK; BUT I ALSO HAVE Windows XP Pro Description of the install, in prose, and any thoughts, comments and ideas you had during the initial install. I tried to use the Debian installer with Debian testing (Sarge, version of 1/17/05, rc2 release). Unfortunately, when it came to partitioning, I selected manually partition and was presented only with the possibility of partitioning the whole disk: Maxtor 6Y160M0 (163 GB) The installer knows the disk, but did not show me my existing partitions for reformatting. I have a SATA drive (Maxtor 6Y160M0, 163 GB). Windows XP reports that I am using: IRQ 20 NVIDIA CK8S Serial ATA Controller (v2.5) It reports the following sharing: IRQ 20Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller IRQ 20NVIDIA CK8S Serial ATA Controller (v2.5) I have 6 partitions: NTFS/FAT32/Linux swap/ext3/ext3/ext3 The ext3 partitions are currently occupied by: Knoppix3.6/home/Knoppix3.7 It was my intention to overwrite one of the Knoppix partitions with the Debian system. The Debian installer apparently didn't recognize my partitions. I aborted the Debian install, and tested my partitions both with parted using Knoppix, and with the Mandrake Official 10.1 installer. The Mandrake installer read my partitions fine, and I successfully resized the last partition as a test. (I plan to overwrite it with Debian.) I tested with parted 1.6.9, and parted was not able to see my partitions. I'm guessing that the Debian installer uses some of the same code as parted. Can you suggest a workaround? === Mandrake Official 10.1: After selecting custom partition, Drake tells me during install: ATA Maxtor 6Y160M0 Device: sda, 152 GB Partition table type: table::dos on channel 0 id0 When I select the individual partitions, I see: Partition sda1 /mnt/win_c Device name: scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 NTFS start sector 63 size: 122961447 sectors Cylinder 0 to 7653 Parttion booted by default Partition sda5, FAT32 (10 GB) Partition sda3 Linx swap (2 GB) Partition sda6 ext3 (29 GB) [ Currently containing Knoppix 3.6] Partition sda7 ext3 (19 GB) [ Currently containing /home] Partition sda8 ext3 (32 GB) [ Currently containing Knoppix 3.7] === [EMAIL PROTECTED] parted /dev/hde GNU Parted 1.6.9 ... Using /dev/hde Warning: Unable to align partition properly. This probably means that another partitioning tool generated an incorrect partition table, because it didn't have the correct BIOS geometry. It is safe to ignore,but ignoring may cause (fixable) problems with some boot loaders. Ignore/Cancel? c Information: The operating system thinks the geometry on /dev/hde is 19929/255/63. Therefore, cylinder 1024 ends at 8032,499M. [And if I choose Ignore: ] Ignore/Cancel? i Error: Unable to satisfy all constraints on the partition. [EMAIL PROTECTED] fdisk -l /dev/hde [Sorry for the German. I was using Knoppix 3.7, and forgot to set the lang.] Platte /dev/hde: 163.9 GByte, 163928604672 Byte 255 Köpfe, 63 Sektoren/Spuren, 19929 Zylinder Einheiten = Zylinder von 16065 * 512 = 8225280 Bytes Gerät Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hde1 * 1765461480723+ 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/hde27655 19930986057735 Erweiterte [Ext.] /dev/hde389909254 2128581 82 Linux Swap /dev/hde57655898910723356b W95 FAT32 /dev/hde69255 1312831117873+ 83 Linux /dev/hde7 13129 15651
