Hi Colin,
Sorry but I've been busy this week and haven't checked this e-mail account
for several days.
Colin Watson wrote:
Paul, could you describe your partitioning setup?
Partition set up on old desktop:
# sudo sfdisk -l /dev/sda1
Device Boot Start End #cyls #blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 261 782 522 4192965 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 0+ 260- 261- 2095104 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda3 0 - 0 0 0 Empty
/dev/sda4 783+ 4997 4215- 33856957 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5 783+ 1304 522- 4192933+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda6 1305+ 1826 522- 4192933+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
start: (c,h,s) expected (1023,254,63) found (1023,1,1)
/dev/sda7 1827+ 2087 261- 2096451 83 Linux
start: (c,h,s) expected (1023,254,63) found (1023,1,1)
/dev/sda8 2088+ 2348 261- 2096451 83 Linux
start: (c,h,s) expected (1023,254,63) found (1023,1,1)
/dev/sda9 2349+ 2870 522- 4192933+ 83 Linux
start: (c,h,s) expected (1023,254,63) found (1023,1,1)
/dev/sda10 2871+ 3131 261- 2096451 83 Linux
start: (c,h,s) expected (1023,254,63) found (1023,1,1)
/dev/sda11 3132+ 3262 131- 1052226 7 HPFS/NTFS
start: (c,h,s) expected (1023,254,63) found (1023,1,1)
/dev/sda12 3263+ 3785 523- 4200966 7 HPFS/NTFS
start: (c,h,s) expected (1023,254,63) found (1023,1,1)
/dev/sda13 3786+ 4308 523- 4200966 7 HPFS/NTFS
start: (c,h,s) expected (1023,254,63) found (1023,1,1)
/dev/sda14 4309+ 4997 689- 5534361 7 HPFS/NTFS
start: (c,h,s) expected (1023,254,63) found (1023,1,1)
Partition set up on laptop:
Device Boot Start End #cyls #blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 0+ 2425 2426- 19486813+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 2426 2547 122 979965 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda3 2548+ 4863 2316- 18603239+ 5 Extended
/dev/sda4 0 - 0 0 0 Empty
/dev/sda5 2548+ 2669 122- 979933+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 2670+ 2912 243- 1951866 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 2913+ 3520 608- 4883728+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda8 3521+ 3885 365- 2931831 83 Linux
/dev/sda9 3886+ 4863 978- 7855753+ 83 Linux
Is this the information you want ?
These partition set-ups have not been changed in years. When I install
Squeeze, I select 'manual' partitioning. I tell the installer to reuse
Linux partitions for root, home, usr, var and opt. I tell it to keep
the contents of home and opt but to reformat the others.
I don't go near the Windows partitions - under Lenny I had the auto-mounter
set up to mount these partitions on demand but very rarely did.
Colin Watson wrote
In particular, did you tell the partitioner to mount /dev/sda1 anywhere?
I guess not. This issue has come up on the laptop with Beta 2, RC 1 and
RC2. I've reinstalled Lenny 5.0.7 in between Squeeze installations.
Your hypothesis sounds plausible but would that not also affect 'second'
Linux installations ?
If there is more information you need or you'd like me to try something
out, just let me know and I'll see what I can do.
Paul
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