Hi, I have now tried the newest builds - still no way to install on this machine because of the failure to detect the existing partitions properly.
I have used the following files http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/daily/i386/current/sarge-i386-businesscard.iso 13-Sep-2004 23:41 34.6M http://people.debian.org/~joeyh/d-i/images/daily/hd-media/2.6/initrd.gz 13-Sep-2004 12:32 3.0M http://people.debian.org/~joeyh/d-i/images/daily/hd-media/2.6/vmlinuz 13-Sep-2004 12:32 1.0M to boot from hard disk. Inside the installer, my partition table is not found. So I start a shell. * uname -a tells me: Linux notebook-mz 2.6.8-1-386 #1 Mon Aug 16 03:02:48 EDT 2004 i686 unknown * fdisk -l says: Disk /dev/discs/disc0/disc: 36.3 GB, 36344161280 bytes 240 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4694 cylinders Units = cylinders of 15120 * 512 = 7741440 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/discs/disc0/part1 * 1 2349 17758408+ 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/discs/disc0/part2 4695 5168 3583440 41 PPC PReP Boot /dev/discs/disc0/part3 2350 3321 7348320 c W95 FAT32 (LBA) /dev/discs/disc0/part4 3322 4694 10379880 5 Extended /dev/discs/disc0/part5 3738 3805 514080 82 Linux swap /dev/discs/disc0/part6 3806 4694 6720808+ 83 Linux /dev/discs/disc0/part7 3322 3737 3144928+ 83 Linux Partition table entries are not in disk order * parted says: GNU Parted 1.6.11 with HFS shrink patch 12.5 [...] 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. * in dmesg, I find the following lines: hda: IC25N040ATMR04-0, ATA DISK drive Using anticipatory io scheduler ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14 hdc: DW-225, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15 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 > It might also be interesting that I had first downloaded the initrd.gz and vmlinux for kernel 2.4, and parted also fails to detect the partition table. The resulting question is still the same: how can I install sarge on this machine? Thank you, Matthias > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, September 13, 2004 3:39 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Bug#269036 not fixed in parted 1.6.11 > > > 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/i386/20040 > 909/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 > > > >
