Bug#597799: installation-report: GPT related issues

2010-09-24 Thread Mike Hommey
On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 12:28:45PM -0400, Lennart Sorensen wrote: On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 03:39:08PM +0200, Mike Hommey wrote: The disk is a new one, though I didn't check if there was a pre-existing partitioning (but I really doubt it). OTOH, the disk is 2000GB, which is not quite over

Bug#597799: installation-report: GPT related issues

2010-09-24 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 08:26:33AM +0200, Mike Hommey wrote: On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 12:28:45PM -0400, Lennart Sorensen wrote: On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 03:39:08PM +0200, Mike Hommey wrote: The disk is a new one, though I didn't check if there was a pre-existing partitioning (but I really

Bug#597799: installation-report: GPT related issues

2010-09-24 Thread Mike Hommey
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 11:38:09AM -0400, Lennart Sorensen wrote: Disk /dev/sda: 2250.1 GB, 2250128752640 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 273562 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0x Device Boot Start End Blocks Id

Bug#597799: installation-report: GPT related issues

2010-09-24 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 06:31:27PM +0200, Mike Hommey wrote: On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 11:38:09AM -0400, Lennart Sorensen wrote: Disk /dev/sda: 2250.1 GB, 2250128752640 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 273562 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier:

Bug#597799: installation-report: GPT related issues

2010-09-23 Thread Mike Hommey
Package: installation-reports Version: 2.42 Severity: important Tags: squeeze -- Package-specific info: Boot method: network Image version: http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/lenny/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/gtk/netboot.tar.gz 17:58 26-06-10 Date: 22-09-2010 Machine:

Bug#597799: installation-report: GPT related issues

2010-09-23 Thread Mike Hommey
On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 08:13:26AM +0200, Mike Hommey wrote: Back to the core of my issues. I went through a manual partitionning, and didn't create a boot partition for the grub core image, assuming I was creating an MBR partition. It turned out, in the end, that GRUB failed because of that,

Bug#597799: installation-report: GPT related issues

2010-09-23 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 12:12:37PM +0200, Mike Hommey wrote: On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 08:13:26AM +0200, Mike Hommey wrote: Back to the core of my issues. I went through a manual partitionning, and didn't create a boot partition for the grub core image, assuming I was creating an MBR

Bug#597799: installation-report: GPT related issues

2010-09-23 Thread Mike Hommey
On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 09:29:55AM -0400, Lennart Sorensen wrote: On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 12:12:37PM +0200, Mike Hommey wrote: On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 08:13:26AM +0200, Mike Hommey wrote: Back to the core of my issues. I went through a manual partitionning, and didn't create a boot

Bug#597799: installation-report: GPT related issues

2010-09-23 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 03:39:08PM +0200, Mike Hommey wrote: The disk is a new one, though I didn't check if there was a pre-existing partitioning (but I really doubt it). OTOH, the disk is 2000GB, which is not quite over 2TB, but close enough that it may have mattered. Certainly MBR