Hi, I have had some problems with parted not recognizing my disk partitions recently (see http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2004/08/msg03147.html and http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2004/08/msg03247.html). Now after one week of absence, I have tried to install again, and unfortunately the behaviour is unchanged.
I have used http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/daily/i386/20040909/sarge-i386-businesscard.iso 09-Sep-2004 23:06 41.6M http://people.debian.org/~joeyh/d-i/images/2004-09-10/hd-media/2.6/initrd.gz 10-Sep-2004 12:30 3.0M http://people.debian.org/~joeyh/d-i/images/2004-09-10/hd-media/2.6/vmlinuz 10-Sep-2004 12:30 1.0M to boot from hard disk. The partitioner still does not detect my partitions, so I cannot install. When I start fdisk from the shell, I see my partitions. When I start parted from the shell, I get the following output: snip+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ GNU Parted 1.6.11 with HFS shrink patch 12.5 Copyright (C) 1998 - 2004 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) Information: Don't forget to update /etc/fstab, if necessary. snap++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Questions: * what can I do to install Sarge? Can I circumvent parted in some way? (It seems to me that there should be some possibility to do this, unless you expect to have parted absolutely bulletproof at release time...) * what can I do to help track down this bug, which information do you need? I have a running SUSE Linux 9.0 (2.4 kernel) on that machine, and can also boot Knoppix with a 2.4 or 2.6.1 kernel. Matthias -------------------------------------------- GN Otometrics -- Hortmann Dipl.Phys. Dr. Matthias Zenker Entwicklung / Development Auchtertstraße 4, D-72770 Reutlingen Tel. ++49(0)7121/99435-60, Fax -79 eMail: mzenker at gnotometrics dot de http://www.hortmann.de
