Hi Sven,
this mail contains some lengthy, however truncated outputs.
If you want to see the full files, I can send them to you off-list (unless you want
them to be posted on the list).
I hope that you will find the information you need to tell what the error was.
I should perhaps paste a commented partition table again:
Gerät Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 2349 17758408+ 7 HPFS/NTFS # WIN XP
/dev/hda2 4695 5168 3583440 41 PPC PReP Boot # protected IBM
partition at end of disk
/dev/hda3 2350 3321 7348320 c W95 FAT32 (LBA) # General
purpose data partition. I also used it for booting the installer
/dev/hda4 3322 4694 10379880 5 Erweiterte #Extended
/dev/hda5 3738 3805 514080 82 Linux Swap
/dev/hda6 3806 4694 6720808+ 83 Linux # Ext3, SUSE Linux root
partition
/dev/hda7 3322 3737 3144928+ 83 Linux # Intended for Debian,
not yet formatted)
A part of the problem might come from the protected IBM partition, which is probably
the cause for the difference between the detected disk size in Knoppix and d-i in the
fdisk output.
Thank you and best regards,
Matthias
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sven Luther [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 5:01 PM
> To: Zenker, Matthias (Otometrics Stuttgart)
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Status of Bug ##242114 ? [Re: Bug#269036: Sarge:
> debian-installer partitioning failure]
>
> > > Probably. Also, could you get the info from dmesg which
> looks like :
> > >
> > > hda: 312581808 sectors (160041 MB) w/8192KiB Cache,
> > > CHS=19457/255/63, UDMA(100)
> > >
> > > In all three cases.
Here it is (I just copied the lines starting with "hda", or which I thought were
otherwise relevant):
####################
Knoppix 2.4.23:
####################
hda: IC25N040ATMR04-0, ATA DISK drive
hda: attached ide-disk driver.
hda: host protected area => 1
hda: 78140160 sectors (40008 MB) w/1740KiB Cache, CHS=5168/240/63
Partition check:
hda: hda1 hda2 hda3 hda4 < hda5 hda6 hda7 >
####################
Knoppix 2.6.1:
####################
hda: IC25N040ATMR04-0, ATA DISK drive
hda: max request size: 128KiB
hda: Host Protected Area detected.
current capacity is 70984690 sectors (36344 MB)
native capacity is 78140160 sectors (40007 MB)
hda: Host Protected Area disabled.
hda: 78140160 sectors (40007 MB) w/1740KiB Cache, CHS=65535/16/63
hda: hda1 hda2 hda3 hda4 < hda5 hda6 hda7 >
FAT: bogus number of reserved sectors
VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev hda1.
FAT: bogus number of reserved sectors
VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev hda1.
NTFS driver 2.1.5 [Flags: R/W MODULE].
NTFS volume version 3.1.
VFS: Can't find ext3 filesystem on dev hda2.
VFS: Can't find ext2 filesystem on dev hda2.
Unable to identify CD-ROM format.
sh-2021: reiserfs_fill_super: can not find reiserfs on hda2
FAT: bogus number of reserved sectors
VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev hda2.
SGI XFS for Linux with ACLs, realtime, large block numbers, no debug enabled
SGI XFS Quota Management subsystem
XFS: bad magic number
XFS: SB validate failed
NTFS-fs error (device hda2): read_ntfs_boot_sector(): Primary boot sector is invalid.
NTFS-fs error (device hda2): read_ntfs_boot_sector(): Mount option errors=recover not
used. Aborting without trying to recover.
NTFS-fs error (device hda2): ntfs_fill_super(): Not an NTFS volume.
VFS: Can't find a Minix or Minix V2 filesystem on device hda2.
VFS: Can't find a HFS filesystem on dev hda2.
EFS: 1.0a - http://aeschi.ch.eu.org/efs/
FAT: bogus number of reserved sectors
VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev hda5.
FAT: bogus number of reserved sectors
VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev hda5.
NTFS-fs error (device hda5): read_ntfs_boot_sector(): Primary boot sector is invalid.
NTFS-fs error (device hda5): read_ntfs_boot_sector(): Mount option errors=recover not
used. Aborting without trying to recover.
NTFS-fs error (device hda5): ntfs_fill_super(): Not an NTFS volume.
VFS: Can't find ext3 filesystem on dev hda5.
VFS: Can't find ext2 filesystem on dev hda5.
Unable to identify CD-ROM format.
sh-2021: reiserfs_fill_super: can not find reiserfs on hda5
FAT: bogus number of reserved sectors
VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev hda5.
XFS: bad magic number
XFS: SB validate failed
NTFS-fs error (device hda5): read_ntfs_boot_sector(): Primary boot sector is invalid.
NTFS-fs error (device hda5): read_ntfs_boot_sector(): Mount option errors=recover not
used. Aborting without trying to recover.
NTFS-fs error (device hda5): ntfs_fill_super(): Not an NTFS volume.
VFS: Can't find a Minix or Minix V2 filesystem on device hda5.
VFS: Can't find a HFS filesystem on dev hda5.
VFS: Can't find ext3 filesystem on dev hda7.
VFS: Can't find ext2 filesystem on dev hda7.
Unable to identify CD-ROM format.
sh-2021: reiserfs_fill_super: can not find reiserfs on hda7
FAT: invalid media value (0x54)
VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev hda7.
XFS: bad magic number
XFS: SB validate failed
NTFS-fs error (device hda7): read_ntfs_boot_sector(): Primary boot sector is invalid.
NTFS-fs error (device hda7): read_ntfs_boot_sector(): Mount option errors=recover not
used. Aborting without trying to recover.
NTFS-fs error (device hda7): ntfs_fill_super(): Not an NTFS volume.
VFS: Can't find a Minix or Minix V2 filesystem on device hda7.
VFS: Can't find a HFS filesystem on dev hda7.
#######################
d-i 2.6.7
#######################
hda: IC25N040ATMR04-0, ATA DISK drive
hda: max request size: 128KiB
hda: Host Protected Area detected.
current capacity is 70984690 sectors (36344 MB)
native capacity is 78140160 sectors (40007 MB)
hda: 70984690 sectors (36344 MB) w/1740KiB Cache, CHS=65535/16/63, UDMA(100)
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0: p1 p2 p3 p4 < p5 p6 p7 >
VFS: Can't find ext3 filesystem on dev hda.
ReiserFS: hda: warning: sh-2021: reiserfs_fill_super: can not find reiserfs on hda
FAT: invalid media value (0x01)
VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev hda.
Unable to identify CD-ROM format.
VFS: Can't find ext2 filesystem on dev hda1.
cramfs: wrong magic
Unable to identify CD-ROM format.
VFS: Can't find ext3 filesystem on dev hda1.
ReiserFS: hda1: warning: sh-2021: reiserfs_fill_super: can not find reiserfs on hda1
FAT: bogus number of reserved sectors
VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev hda1.
Unable to identify CD-ROM format.
VFS: Can't find ext2 filesystem on dev hda2.
cramfs: wrong magic
Unable to identify CD-ROM format.
VFS: Can't find ext3 filesystem on dev hda2.
ReiserFS: hda2: warning: sh-2021: reiserfs_fill_super: can not find reiserfs on hda2
FAT: bogus number of reserved sectors
VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev hda2.
Unable to identify CD-ROM format.
VFS: Can't find ext2 filesystem on dev hda3.
cramfs: wrong magic
Unable to identify CD-ROM format.
VFS: Can't find ext3 filesystem on dev hda3.
ReiserFS: hda3: warning: sh-2021: reiserfs_fill_super: can not find reiserfs on hda3
Unable to load NLS charset cp437
Unable to load NLS charset cp437
Unable to load NLS charset cp437
Unable to identify CD-ROM format.
attempt to access beyond end of device
hda4: rw=0, want=4, limit=2
EXT2-fs: unable to read superblock
cramfs: wrong magic
attempt to access beyond end of device
hda4: rw=0, want=66, limit=2
isofs_fill_super: bread failed, dev=hda4, iso_blknum=16, block=32
attempt to access beyond end of device
hda4: rw=0, want=4, limit=2
EXT3-fs: unable to read superblock
attempt to access beyond end of device
hda4: rw=0, want=18, limit=2
ReiserFS: hda4: warning: sh-2006: read_super_block: bread failed (dev hda4, block 8,
size 1024)
attempt to access beyond end of device
hda4: rw=0, want=130, limit=2
ReiserFS: hda4: warning: sh-2006: read_super_block: bread failed (dev hda4, block 64,
size 1024)
ReiserFS: hda4: warning: sh-2021: reiserfs_fill_super: can not find reiserfs on hda4
FAT: bogus number of reserved sectors
VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev hda4.
attempt to access beyond end of device
loop0: rw=0, want=66, limit=2
isofs_fill_super: bread failed, dev=loop0, iso_blknum=16, block=32
VFS: Can't find ext2 filesystem on dev hda5.
cramfs: wrong magic
Unable to identify CD-ROM format.
VFS: Can't find ext3 filesystem on dev hda5.
ReiserFS: hda5: warning: sh-2021: reiserfs_fill_super: can not find reiserfs on hda5
FAT: bogus number of reserved sectors
VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev hda5.
Unable to identify CD-ROM format.
EXT2-fs warning (device hda6): ext2_fill_super: mounting ext3 filesystem as ext2
Unable to identify CD-ROM format.
VFS: Can't find ext2 filesystem on dev hda7.
cramfs: wrong magic
Unable to identify CD-ROM format.
VFS: Can't find ext3 filesystem on dev hda7.
ReiserFS: hda7: warning: sh-2021: reiserfs_fill_super: can not find reiserfs on hda7
FAT: invalid media value (0x54)
VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev hda7.
Unable to identify CD-ROM format.
VFS: Can't find ext2 filesystem on dev hda3.
cramfs: wrong magic
Unable to identify CD-ROM format.
VFS: Can't find ext3 filesystem on dev hda3.
ReiserFS: hda3: warning: sh-2021: reiserfs_fill_super: can not find reiserfs on hda3
##################################################################################################
> > >
> > > Also it would be nice to know the geometry d-i thinks the
> disk has.
> >
> > How do I get it? (Sorry for my ignorance)
>
> Probably running a verbose version of parted. Or by looking
> in /var/log/partman, which may have something to say.
Here is /var/log/partman:
##################################
/bin/partman: *******************************************************
/lib/partman/init.d/01unsupported:
*******************************************************
/lib/partman/init.d/30parted: *******************************************************
parted_server: ======= Starting the server
parted_server: main_loop: iteration 1
parted_server: Opening infifo
/lib/partman/init.d/30parted: IN: OPEN =dev=ide=host0=bus0=target0=lun0=disc
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc
parted_server: Read command: OPEN
parted_server: command_open()
parted_server: Request to open =dev=ide=host0=bus0=target0=lun0=disc
parted_server: Opening outfifo
parted_server: OUT: OK
parted_server: OUT: OK
parted_server: Note =dev=ide=host0=bus0=target0=lun0=disc as unchanged
parted_server: Closing infifo and outfifo
/lib/partman/init.d/31md-devices:
*******************************************************
/lib/partman/init.d/35dump: *******************************************************
parted_server: main_loop: iteration 2
parted_server: Opening infifo
/lib/partman/init.d/35dump: IN: DUMP =dev=ide=host0=bus0=target0=lun0=disc
parted_server: Read command: DUMP
parted_server: command_dump()
parted_server: Opening outfifo
parted_server: OUT: OK
parted_server: Closing infifo and outfifo
parted_server: main_loop: iteration 3
parted_server: Opening infifo
Device: yes
Model: IC25N040ATMR04-0
Path: /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc
Sector size: 512
Sectors: 70984690
Sectors/track: 63
Heads: 16
Cylinders: 70421
Partition table: no
/lib/partman/init.d/50lvm: *******************************************************
/lib/partman/init.d/50lvm: IN: PARTITIONS =dev=ide=host0=bus0=target0=lun0=disc
parted_server: Read command: PARTITIONS
parted_server: command_partitions()
parted_server: Opening outfifo
parted_server: OUT: OK
parted_server: No partitions
parted_server: OUT:
parted_server: Closing infifo and outfifo
parted_server: main_loop: iteration 4
parted_server: Opening infifo
/lib/partman/init.d/51md: *******************************************************
/lib/partman/init.d/51md: IN: PARTITIONS =dev=ide=host0=bus0=target0=lun0=disc
parted_server: Read command: PARTITIONS
parted_server: command_partitions()
parted_server: Opening outfifo
parted_server: OUT: OK
parted_server: No partitions
parted_server: OUT:
parted_server: Closing infifo and outfifo
parted_server: main_loop: iteration 5
parted_server: Opening infifo
/lib/partman/init.d/70update_partitions:
*******************************************************
/lib/partman/init.d/70update_partitions: IN: PARTITIONS
=dev=ide=host0=bus0=target0=lun0=disc
parted_server: Read command: PARTITIONS
parted_server: command_partitions()
parted_server: Opening outfifo
parted_server: OUT: OK
parted_server: No partitions
parted_server: OUT:
parted_server: Closing infifo and outfifo
parted_server: main_loop: iteration 6
parted_server: Opening infifo
/lib/partman/init.d/80autouse_swap:
*******************************************************
/lib/partman/init.d/80autouse_swap: IN: PARTITIONS
=dev=ide=host0=bus0=target0=lun0=disc
parted_server: Read command: PARTITIONS
parted_server: command_partitions()
parted_server: Opening outfifo
parted_server: OUT: OK
parted_server: No partitions
parted_server: OUT:
parted_server: Closing infifo and outfifo
parted_server: main_loop: iteration 7
parted_server: Opening infifo
/lib/partman/init.d/99initial_auto:
*******************************************************
/lib/partman/automatically_partition/20biggest_free/choices:
*******************************************************
/lib/partman/automatically_partition/20biggest_free/choices: IN: PARTITIONS
=dev=ide=host0=bus0=target0=lun0=disc
parted_server: Read command: PARTITIONS
parted_server: command_partitions()
parted_server: Opening outfifo
parted_server: OUT: OK
parted_server: No partitions
parted_server: OUT:
parted_server: Closing infifo and outfifo
parted_server: main_loop: iteration 8
parted_server: Opening infifo
/lib/partman/automatically_partition/50some_device/choices:
*******************************************************
/lib/partman/automatically_partition/80custom/choices:
*******************************************************
/lib/partman/choose_partition/60partition_tree/choices:
*******************************************************
/lib/partman/choose_partition/60partition_tree/choices: IN: PARTITIONS
=dev=ide=host0=bus0=target0=lun0=disc
parted_server: Read command: PARTITIONS
parted_server: command_partitions()
parted_server: Opening outfifo
parted_server: OUT: OK
parted_server: No partitions
parted_server: OUT:
parted_server: Closing infifo and outfifo
parted_server: main_loop: iteration 9
parted_server: Opening infifo
/lib/partman/choose_partition/45auto/do_option:
*******************************************************
/lib/partman/automatically_partition/20biggest_free/choices:
*******************************************************
/lib/partman/automatically_partition/20biggest_free/choices: IN: PARTITIONS
=dev=ide=host0=bus0=target0=lun0=disc
parted_server: Read command: PARTITIONS
parted_server: command_partitions()
parted_server: Opening outfifo
parted_server: OUT: OK
parted_server: No partitions
parted_server: OUT:
parted_server: Closing infifo and outfifo
parted_server: main_loop: iteration 10
parted_server: Opening infifo
/lib/partman/automatically_partition/50some_device/choices:
*******************************************************
/lib/partman/automatically_partition/80custom/choices:
*******************************************************
/lib/partman/choose_partition/60partition_tree/choices:
*******************************************************
/lib/partman/choose_partition/60partition_tree/choices: IN: PARTITIONS
=dev=ide=host0=bus0=target0=lun0=disc
parted_server: Read command: PARTITIONS
parted_server: command_partitions()
parted_server: Opening outfifo
parted_server: OUT: OK
parted_server: No partitions
parted_server: OUT:
parted_server: Closing infifo and outfifo
parted_server: main_loop: iteration 11
parted_server: Opening infifo
/bin/partman: IN: QUIT
parted_server: Read command: QUIT
parted_server: Quitting
##################################
And here is the output of a parted session in all three cases:
############
Knoppix 2.4:
############
GNU Parted 1.6.6
Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This program is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
Using /dev/hda
Warning: Unable to align partition properly. This probably means that another
partitioning tool generated an incorrect partition table, because it didn't havethe
correct BIOS geometry. It is safe to ignore,but ignoring may cause
(fixable) problems with some boot loaders.
Ignore/Cancel? ignore
(parted) print
Disk geometry for /dev/hda: 0.000-38154,375 megabytes
Disk label type: msdos
Minor Start End Type Filesystem Flags
1 0,031 17342,226 primary ntfs boot
3 17342,227 24518,320 primary fat32 lba
4 24518,320 34654,921 extended
7 24518,351 27589,570 logical
5 27589,570 28091,601 logical
6 28091,632 34654,921 logical ext3
2 34654,922 38154,375 primary
(parted) quit
Information: Don't forget to update /etc/fstab, if necessary.
######################
Knoppix 2.6.1:
#####################
GNU Parted 1.6.6
Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This program is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
Using /dev/hda
Warning: Unable to align partition properly. This probably means that another
partitioning tool generated an incorrect partition table, because it didn't
have the correct BIOS geometry. It is safe to ignore,but ignoring may cause
(fixable) problems with some boot loaders.
Ignore/Cancel? ignore
(parted) print
Disk geometry for /dev/hda: 0.000-38154,375 megabytes
Disk label type: msdos
Minor Start End Type Filesystem Flags
1 0,031 17342,226 primary ntfs boot
3 17342,227 24518,320 primary fat32 lba
4 24518,320 34654,921 extended
7 24518,351 27589,570 logical
5 27589,570 28091,601 logical
6 28091,632 34654,921 logical ext3
2 34654,922 38154,375 primary
(parted) quit
Information: Don't forget to update /etc/fstab, if necessary.
###################
d-i 2.6.7:
###################
GNU Parted 1.6.9
Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This program is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
Using /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc
Error: Can't have a partition outside the disk!
Information: The operating system thinks the geometry on
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc is 70421/16/63. Therefore, cylinder 1024
ends at 503.999M.
(parted) print
Error: Can't have a partition outside the disk!
(parted) quit
Information: Don't forget to update /etc/fstab, if necessary.
##############################################################
