reassign 610952 util-linux forcemerge 613589 610952 thanks After a bit more searching I found that the partition table created by partman is perfectly fine, but cfdisk in squeeze is just too stupid to display it correctly.
(parted) unit s (parted) print Model: VMware Virtual disk (scsi) Disk /dev/sda: 67108864s Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: msdos Number Start End Size Type File system Flags 1 2048s 2000895s 1998848s primary linux-swap(v1) 2 2000896s 67106815s 65105920s primary ext4 This bug has been fixed upstream and should be fixed in Wheezy, but the request for backporting the fix in Bug #610952 has not brought any result. Bernhard > I think this belongs to partman-partitioning, marking the version in > Squeeze affected as I can reproduce it. And I think it should have at > least normal severity. > Installing 6.0.5 using pxeboot on a 35GB VMware container with the > following recipe > > d-i partman-auto/expert_recipe string \ > boot-root :: \ > 768 10000 1024 linux-swap \ > $primary{ } method{ swap } format{ } \ > . \ > 2048 100000 -1 ext4 \ > $primary{ } method{ format } format{ } \ > use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext4 } \ > mountpoint{ / } \ > . > > results in the following partition table: > > root@debian:~# fdisk -l > > Disk /dev/sda: 34.4 GB, 34359738368 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4177 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes > I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes > Disk identifier: 0x000455f5 > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/sda1 1 125 999424 82 Linux swap / > Solaris > Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary. > /dev/sda2 125 4178 32552960 83 Linux > > You cannot even display that partition table in cfdisk because it bails > out > > FATAL ERROR: Bad primary partition 1: > Partition ends in the final partial cylinder > Press any key to exit cfdisk > > As described in > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/partman-base/+bug/551965 > adding > > d-i partman/alignment select cylinder > > fixes the issue. > > root@debian:~# fdisk -l > > Disk /dev/sda: 34.4 GB, 34359738368 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4177 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes > I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes > Disk identifier: 0x0004c37b > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/sda1 1 124 995998+ 82 Linux swap / > Solaris > /dev/sda2 125 4177 32555722+ 83 Linux > > Regards, > Bernhard -- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20121108204510.gd2...@pest.krs8.birkenwald.de