[Bug 59620] Re: This ext2 filesystem has a rather strange layout (newer ext2/ext3)
** Tags added: iso-testing -- This ext2 filesystem has a rather strange layout (newer ext2/ext3) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/59620 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 59620] Re: This ext2 filesystem has a rather strange layout (newer ext2/ext3)
** Changed in: parted Status: New => Invalid -- This ext2 filesystem has a rather strange layout (newer ext2/ext3) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/59620 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 59620] Re: This ext2 filesystem has a rather strange layout (newer ext2/ext3)
I am happy to say that this report I made just saved my a**. On the weekend I somehow managed to completely kill my partition table (still unsure as to what did it). Thanks to the information I was able to restore the drive quickly. Thanks, Launchpad! -- This ext2 filesystem has a rather strange layout (newer ext2/ext3) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/59620 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 59620] Re: This ext2 filesystem has a rather strange layout (newer ext2/ext3)
"Thanks to the information about my HD layout that I recorded in this report I was able to restore it quickly" should be more understandable. -- This ext2 filesystem has a rather strange layout (newer ext2/ext3) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/59620 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 59620] Re: This ext2 filesystem has a rather strange layout (newer ext2/ext3)
I've worked around this for Feisty as follows: partman-partitioning (47ubuntu2) feisty; urgency=low * Use tune2fs/resize2fs to handle ext2/ext3 resizing, since libparted can't deal with the resize_inode feature (LP: #59620). -- Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mon, 19 Mar 2007 11:41:11 + I understand that eventually the amount of filesystem code duplication in libparted will be decreased, making it easier to fix this bug properly there. ** Changed in: partman-partitioning (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => High Assignee: (unassigned) => Colin Watson Status: Unconfirmed => Fix Released Target: None => 7.04-beta -- This ext2 filesystem has a rather strange layout (newer ext2/ext3) https://launchpad.net/bugs/59620 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 59620] Re: This ext2 filesystem has a rather strange layout (newer ext2/ext3)
partman-auto (62ubuntu7) feisty; urgency=low * Make use of changes in partman-partitioning 47ubuntu2 to use tune2fs/resize2fs to handle ext2/ext3 resizing (LP: #59620). -- Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mon, 19 Mar 2007 12:04:46 + ** Changed in: partman-auto (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Colin Watson Status: Unconfirmed => Fix Released ** Changed in: parted (Ubuntu) Importance: High => Medium Target: ubuntu-7.04 => None -- This ext2 filesystem has a rather strange layout (newer ext2/ext3) https://launchpad.net/bugs/59620 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 59620] Re: This ext2 filesystem has a rather strange layout (newer ext2/ext3)
** Also affects: partman-partitioning (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed -- This ext2 filesystem has a rather strange layout (newer ext2/ext3) https://launchpad.net/bugs/59620 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 59620] Re: This ext2 filesystem has a rather strange layout (newer ext2/ext3)
I ran into the same problem when trying to install Edgy together on my Feisty installation. Resizing the ext3 partition (created by Feisty) during Edgy install failed with some non-verbose error like "unable to resize partition". I've opened another terminal (Alt+F2) and tried parted. It gave me the following error message: "Error: File system has an incompatible feature enabled". According to "parted --version", Edgy's using v1.7.1. -- This ext2 filesystem has a rather strange layout (newer ext2/ext3) https://launchpad.net/bugs/59620 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 59620] Re: This ext2 filesystem has a rather strange layout (newer ext2/ext3)
I attempted to do a separate resize2fs/e2fsck, but parted refuses to move or resize a partition that has this flag in the fs. So falling back to resize2fs probably isn't likely to help. -- This ext2 filesystem has a rather strange layout (newer ext2/ext3) https://launchpad.net/bugs/59620 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 59620] Re: This ext2 filesystem has a rather strange layout (newer ext2/ext3)
I'm going to reject the Debian task on this bug; while the bug undoubtedly exists in Debian too, it's not very useful to have this task here. If we can come up with a patch set it can more easily be forwarded to Debian in other ways. ** Changed in: Debian Status: Unconfirmed => Rejected -- This ext2 filesystem has a rather strange layout (newer ext2/ext3) https://launchpad.net/bugs/59620 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 59620] Re: This ext2 filesystem has a rather strange layout (newer ext2/ext3)
Also, while dir_index doesn't cause libparted to fall over completely like resize_inode, it's not supported by the resize code. We probably need to make libparted at least tolerate resize_inode outside the resize code even if it can't deal with resizing it. ** Changed in: parted (Ubuntu) Importance: Medium => High Target: None => ubuntu-7.04 -- This ext2 filesystem has a rather strange layout (newer ext2/ext3) https://launchpad.net/bugs/59620 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 59620] Re: This ext2 filesystem has a rather strange layout (newer ext2/ext3)
The main "offending" feature is resize_inode. I spent a while the other day trying to beat support for this feature into libparted, but it's not easy work. I may get there, or I may not ... One thought I had was that perhaps partman could detect the presence of unsupported features and degrade to using resize2fs instead of libparted. This doesn't offer a progress bar in a way that we can sanely handle in partman, which isn't great, but it would be better than not being able to resize at all. ** Changed in: parted (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed -- This ext2 filesystem has a rather strange layout (newer ext2/ext3) https://launchpad.net/bugs/59620 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 59620] Re: This ext2 filesystem has a rather strange layout (newer ext2/ext3)
** Changed in: parted (Ubuntu) Status: Needs Info => Unconfirmed -- This ext2 filesystem has a rather strange layout (newer ext2/ext3) https://launchpad.net/bugs/59620 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 59620] Re: This ext2 filesystem has a rather strange layout (newer ext2/ext3)
** Also affects: Debian Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed -- This ext2 filesystem has a rather strange layout (newer ext2/ext3) https://launchpad.net/bugs/59620 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 59620] Re: This ext2 filesystem has a rather strange layout (newer ext2/ext3)
>First of all, let me say that I do appreciate the great effort that Paul >was >making. ... I hope he continues with his passion to make ubuntu >and FOSS in >general a better and more bug-free place. Thanks, it does makes me feels better to read this. Don't worry, I'll continue, trying to avoid previous mistakes. I would have wished that my mistakes would not have to be fixed by Colin, AGAIN. I hope my future work will be good enough to compensate the overwork I have put on his shoulders by mistakes I have done lately while l am learning to become a better bug triager. -- This ext2 filesystem has a rather strange layout (newer ext2/ext3) https://launchpad.net/bugs/59620 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 59620] Re: This ext2 filesystem has a rather strange layout (newer ext2/ext3)
hda9 has the following features which are not present on the other partitioins: resize_inode dir_index. I admit to not knowing what they do and how they got there ;-) -- This ext2 filesystem has a rather strange layout (newer ext2/ext3) https://launchpad.net/bugs/59620 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 59620] Re: This ext2 filesystem has a rather strange layout (newer ext2/ext3)
First of all, let me say that I do appreciate the great effort that Paul was making. Quite obviously he was very enthusiastic about his task which is testified to by the amount of related information he dug up. I hope he continues with his passion to make ubuntu and FOSS in general a better and more bug-free place. Back to the task and thanks for taking over, Collin. I am now booted into Knoppix. I believe it is the latest version. [EMAIL PROTECTED] cat /etc/knoppix-version 5.0.1 2006-06-01 Knoppix still has version 1.6.9 of parted. Thus I again updated this via "wget http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/p/parted/parted_1.7.1-2.1_i386.deb;wget http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/p/parted/libparted1.7-1_1.7.1-2.1_i386.deb;dpkg -r parted-bf;dpkg -i libparted*;dpkg -i parted_1.7.1-2.1_i386.deb" to version 1.7.1. Looking at the developper information for debian parted, I believe this is the same version I had used when writing this report. OK, here the dissection. While I still have 1.6.9, I get [EMAIL PROTECTED] parted /dev/hda check 1 No Implementation: This ext2 filesystem has a rather strange layout! Parted can't resize this (yet). Information: Don't forget to update /etc/fstab, if necessary. for partitions 1,2,3,5,6 and 7. Partition 9 gives [EMAIL PROTECTED] parted /dev/hda check 9 Error: Filesystem has incompatible feature enabled Information: Don't forget to update /etc/fstab, if necessary. After the upgrade to 1.7.1 the errors for partitions 1 to 8 are gone, the parted check passes. Partition 9 still has the same error. I will also attach the information from tune2fs that you requested. It seems I added hda3 partition in the meantime, so I include that one as well. hda2 now runs from cylinder 1001 to 1485 and hda3 from 1486 to 8721. Furthermore, I have cleared all bootable flags. The rest of the partition are as per the original report. ** Attachment added: "Output from 'for x in 1 2 3 5 6 7 9; do sudo tune2fs -l /dev/hda$x; done'" http://librarian.launchpad.net/4937627/tune2fs_output.txt -- This ext2 filesystem has a rather strange layout (newer ext2/ext3) https://launchpad.net/bugs/59620 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 59620] Re: This ext2 filesystem has a rather strange layout (newer ext2/ext3)
Rolf: it is possible that this has been partially fixed in 1.7.1 (the version released with Edgy). One of the sets of changes was this: * fs/ext2/ext2.c (ext2_open): removed call to ext2_determine_itoffset; also moving it from this file to ext2_resize.c. * fs/ext2/ext2_resize.c (ext2_resize): added call to ext2_determine_itoffset and show a warning if not successful. I think that's the "rather strange layout" warning. This change will arrange for that code only to be run when you actually try to resize a partition, not merely when libparted opens the partition, which should make us a lot less likely to run into this in the installer. Would it be possible for me to get the output of: for x in 1 2 5 6 7 9; do sudo tune2fs -l /dev/hda$x; done ... run from e.g. an Edgy live CD (or Knoppix would probably do as well)? That should tell me what features are enabled on each filesystem, and thus which ones libparted is unable to handle. -- This ext2 filesystem has a rather strange layout (newer ext2/ext3) https://launchpad.net/bugs/59620 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 59620] Re: This ext2 filesystem has a rather strange layout (newer ext2/ext3)
The reason that resizing is showing up is probably the automatic partitioner checking to see if it's possible to do automatic resizing (not actually doing the resize). A full copy of /var/log/syslog and /var/log/partman might be useful. I'll create a partman-auto task on this bug because this shouldn't cause partman to fall over and die. ** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 7993 Parted cannot understand all ext3 partitions -- This ext2 filesystem has a rather strange layout (newer ext2/ext3) https://launchpad.net/bugs/59620 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 59620] Re: This ext2 filesystem has a rather strange layout (newer ext2/ext3)
Oh, hmm, it may be that parted throws this exception when you ask it to simply check the partition, not even resize it. That would be unfortunate. -- This ext2 filesystem has a rather strange layout (newer ext2/ext3) https://launchpad.net/bugs/59620 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 59620] Re: This ext2 filesystem has a rather strange layout (newer ext2/ext3)
Unassigning Paul from this bug, unless he actually plans to write the code necessary to fix this. ** Changed in: parted (Ubuntu) Assignee: Paul Dufresne => (unassigned) ** Also affects: partman-auto (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed -- This ext2 filesystem has a rather strange layout (newer ext2/ext3) https://launchpad.net/bugs/59620 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 59620] Re: This ext2 filesystem has a rather strange layout (newer ext2/ext3)
Paul, please don't mark bugs as duplicates that are not entirely understood. I've read this bug over twice and I still don't entirely understand what's going on. If you have a better understanding than me, by all means share it, but until then remember that this is not a competition to mark the most bugs as duplicates - the objective is to make sure that as many bugs as possible get fixed, and incorrectly marking bugs as duplicates is a problem for meeting that objective. I would greatly appreciate it if you would confine your efforts to suggesting possible duplicate bugs rather than actually marking them as such. Now you appear to have alienated a bug reporter who might have been able to give more useful information once we figured out what information to ask for! The current version of parted in Edgy has the "rather strange layout" message commented out, so it's not possible to get this error with the version of parted in Edgy. However, the same problem will cause a different error, so I'd still like to investigate. -- This ext2 filesystem has a rather strange layout (newer ext2/ext3) https://launchpad.net/bugs/59620 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 59620] Re: This ext2 filesystem has a rather strange layout (newer ext2/ext3)
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 7993 *** Paul, sorry to say, but you are doing an abyssmal job here. You mark as dupe for the wrong bug second time around. You fail to read the stuff that I already posted. All the information you needed was AFAIK in the original report. Facts you you choose to continue to ignore 1) I never asked for resizing. 2) In fact I never asked for parted to come into the picture when installing. I already had all partitions set up. parted bringing the ubuntu install to a halt is IMNSHO another, serious flaw in the ubuntu installation process. Unfortunately, I do not know what package that should be reported against. There was no job for parted to be done, really. 3) I tried version 1.7 of parted via an updated Knoppix Live CD. The other reports were 1.6 and upstream claims all these have been dealt with in 1.7. I went to the trouble of confirming this is not true only to have you mark my report as dupe falsely twice. 4) You keep asking already answered and irrelevant question (like "give me the output of dpkg -l". Like I said, I stumbled across this when installing ubuntu, I confirmed this with Knoppix. What on earth does my current ubuntu installation have to do with this???) Do as you please. I'm outta here. -- This ext2 filesystem has a rather strange layout (newer ext2/ext3) https://launchpad.net/bugs/59620 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 59620] Re: This ext2 filesystem has a rather strange layout (newer ext2/ext3)
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 7993 *** ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 7993 Parted cannot understand all ext3 partitions ** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 7993 Parted cannot understand all ext3 partitions ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 7993 Parted cannot understand all ext3 partitions -- This ext2 filesystem has a rather strange layout (newer ext2/ext3) https://launchpad.net/bugs/59620 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 59620] Re: This ext2 filesystem has a rather strange layout (newer ext2/ext3)
Oh, yeah, bad package. Dapper version of parted was parted (1.6.25.1-1ubuntu2). And you did report quite extensively your partition. But I had the feeling parted could show ext3 as ext2, but it does indeed show ext3 for me. Still, if you could really make sure what parted --version gives. Just to make sure. -- This ext2 filesystem has a rather strange layout (newer ext2/ext3) https://launchpad.net/bugs/59620 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 59620] Re: This ext2 filesystem has a rather strange layout (newer ext2/ext3)
Correctings typos, bug #7993, not 7973 or 7983. >But the debian stuff is more or less irrelevant because a) that bug is >about >resizing which I never did and never intended plus But your bug description was citing: "This ext2 filesystem has a rather strange layout! Parted can't resize this (yet)." I insist about can't resize this (yet) part. Note that you thought it was your partition layout, but it is about the layout of the filesystem itself. >b) it is old and talks about parted pre-1.7, it is marked as fixed in 1.7 Which version dpkg -l parted gives you. According to http://packages.ubuntu.com/dapper/gnome/gparted, Dapper version is gparted (0.1-0ubuntu9) which seems to indicate that it would be based on parted 1.0 !? Are you able to tell if you are using ext2 or ext3 filesystems? I guess cat /etc/fstab is what I would want to see. ** Changed in: parted (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Paul Dufresne Status: Confirmed => Needs Info -- This ext2 filesystem has a rather strange layout (newer ext2/ext3) https://launchpad.net/bugs/59620 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 59620] Re: This ext2 filesystem has a rather strange layout (newer ext2/ext3)
Could be a dupe of 7973 (how did I miss that one?). But the debian stuff is more or less irrelevant because a) that bug is about resizing which I never did and never intended plus b) it is old and talks about parted pre-1.7, it is marked as fixed in 1.7 as suggested in the parted FAQ. I did use a post-1.7 parted but still got this error despite the claims in the FAQ that it should be gone. In that sense I also feel that the issues in 7973 have been dealt with but this is something else that does look similar. -- This ext2 filesystem has a rather strange layout (newer ext2/ext3) https://launchpad.net/bugs/59620 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 59620] Re: This ext2 filesystem has a rather strange layout (newer ext2/ext3)
Setting as confirmed, because it seems to be known by Debian and by upstream. ** Summary changed: - parted thinks my partition layout is strange + This ext2 filesystem has a rather strange layout (newer ext2/ext3) ** Changed in: parted (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed -- This ext2 filesystem has a rather strange layout (newer ext2/ext3) https://launchpad.net/bugs/59620 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
