Hi, I encountered the same issue when trying to setup LVM inside a crypt partition. The reason for the hanging partitioner is a crashing 'parted_server' process:
kernel: [ 422.613251] parted_server[15630]: segfault at 8 ip 000000000040b4b1 sp 00007fff35d63ee0 error 4 in parted_server[400000+12000] Disassembly: 40b47d: 75 24 jne 40b4a3 <ped_disk_set_flag@plt+0x8ab3> 40b47f: 48 8b 35 4a 70 20 00 mov 0x20704a(%rip),%rsi # 6124d0 <stderr+0x38> 40b486: bf 8f fd 40 00 mov $0x40fd8f,%edi 40b48b: e8 10 70 ff ff callq 4024a0 <fputs@plt> 40b490: 48 8b 3d 39 70 20 00 mov 0x207039(%rip),%rdi # 6124d0 <stderr+0x38> 40b497: e8 54 72 ff ff callq 4026f0 <fflush@plt> 40b49c: bf 8f fd 40 00 mov $0x40fd8f,%edi 40b4a1: eb 3d jmp 40b4e0 <ped_disk_set_flag@plt+0x8af0> 40b4a3: 48 8b 43 40 mov 0x40(%rbx),%rax 40b4a7: ba 0a 00 00 00 mov $0xa,%edx 40b4ac: be 03 f4 40 00 mov $0x40f403,%esi *40b4b1: 48 8b 78 08 mov 0x8(%rax),%rdi* 40b4b5: e8 06 6f ff ff callq 4023c0 <strncmp@plt> 40b4ba: 85 c0 test %eax,%eax 40b4bc: 75 2b jne 40b4e9 <ped_disk_set_flag@plt+0x8af9> 40b4be: 48 8b 35 0b 70 20 00 mov 0x20700b(%rip),%rsi # 6124d0 <stderr+0x38> 40b4c5: bf 95 fd 40 00 mov $0x40fd95,%edi Boot method: USB Image version: c5ce40b4e74f00ad94865c59b7bec2269e636955 debian-testing-amd64-netinst.iso (daily from 2014-12-19) Please let me know if you need further information to debug the problem. Kind regards, - reto
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