Output of fdisk -l:
step...@wopr:~/Desktop$ sudo fdisk -l /dev/sda
[sudo] password for stephen:
Disk /dev/sda: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14593 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x2800
Device Boot Start
This is because partition 8 on this disk overflows the disk slightly (by
about 10KB, if I'm doing my arithmetic correctly), and libparted rejects
such things.
I note that the Linux kernel simply truncates partitions like this now:
http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/10/9/219
Perhaps libparted should be
** Changed in: parted (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => High
** Changed in: parted (Ubuntu)
Status: Incomplete => Confirmed
--
Install partitioner does not detect existing partition table
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/366282
You received this bug notification because you are a member
Is there anything I can do to push this report along? It's going to
become more important for me soon.
Should the status be changed to 'Open'?
--
Install partitioner does not detect existing partition table
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/366282
You received this bug notification because you are
Thanks for the info. Interesting stuff. I've attached the output.
** Attachment added: "ext_boot_records"
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/26023635/ext_boot_records
--
Install partitioner does not detect existing partition table
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/366282
You received this bug notifi
Hmm, I do apologise; I seem to have done some maths completely wrong
somewhere along the line there. This is the correct command:
sudo dd if=/dev/sda bs=512 skip=60275880 count=1 | od -tx1 -Ax
To answer your question on IRC, there's usually one extended boot record
per extended partition.
If y
** Attachment added: "ext_boot_record_1"
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/2648/ext_boot_record_1
--
Install partitioner does not detect existing partition table
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/366282
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Bugs, which is subscri
OK, now I need to get the extended boot records in sequence. This may
take a few iterations before I have the whole thing. Start with this:
sudo dd if=/dev/sda bs=512 skip=3979998 count=1 | od -tx1 -Ax
** Changed in: parted (Ubuntu)
Assignee: (unassigned) => Colin Watson (cjwatson)
--
In
Please attach the output of the following command:
sudo od -Ax -tx1 -N512 /dev/sda
** Package changed: ubiquity (Ubuntu) => parted (Ubuntu)
** Changed in: parted (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Incomplete
--
Install partitioner does not detect existing partition table
https://bugs.launchpad.net
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Installer/FAQ#Why%20does%20the%20installer%20think%20there%20are%20no%20partitions%20on%20my%20disk?
Adding output of the od command.
** Attachment added: "od_output"
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/25999304/od_output
--
Install partitioner does not detect existing part
** Attachment added: "var_log_syslog"
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/25937475/var_log_syslog
--
Install partitioner does not detect existing partition table
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/366282
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Bugs, which is subscribed to
** Attachment added: "partitiontable"
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/25937575/partitiontable
--
Install partitioner does not detect existing partition table
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/366282
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Bugs, which is subscribed to
** Attachment added: "var_log_partman"
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/25937456/var_log_partman
--
Install partitioner does not detect existing partition table
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/366282
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Bugs, which is subscribed
13 matches
Mail list logo
