I don't know if anyone is listening or if I'm annoying people with bugs they're alread aware of but it appears that this bug has already been reported. I just found it as bug #242114. But the difference is that that bug was reported in beta 3, I was using RC2. I also notice that when I use a newer version of parted (1.6.9) in knoppix it still complains about the disk size but it does print out the partitions correctly. When I tried to go to a console using the debian installer and run parted it wouldn't show the partition table at all, it just complained about the overlapping partitions. I noticed that the bug listed above was also installing on an 80 GB hard drive with similar parameters as mine, maybe it's a Western Digital hard drive problem. My model is Western Digital Caviar 800BB.
On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 16:29:54 -0500, "Eric Carlsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Sorry, forgot to add subject line. > > On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 13:28:34 -0500, "Eric Carlsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > said: > > Package: installation-reports > > > > Debian-installer-version: sarge netinst installer (RC2) from debian > > installer home page > > uname -a: <The result of running uname -a on a shell prompt> > > Date: 12/20/04 > > Method: I tried to install from the netinst cd. > > > > Machine: Dell Precision 340 Workstation > > Processor: Pentium 4 2.40 GHz > > Memory: 1 GB > > Root Device: IDE 80 GB (WDC WD800BB-75CAA0) > > Root Size/partition table: > > > > Output of fdisk -l /dev/hda: > > > > Disk /dev/hda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes > > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders > > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > > > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > > /dev/hda1 1 5 40131 de Dell Utility > > /dev/hda2 * 6 5902 47367652+ 7 HPFS/NTFS > > /dev/hda3 5903 7049 9213277+ 83 Linux > > /dev/hda4 7050 9729 21527100 f W95 Ext'd (LBA) > > /dev/hda5 7050 9597 20466778+ c W95 FAT32 (LBA) > > /dev/hda6 9598 9729 1060258+ 82 Linux swap > > > > Output of parted /dev/hda: > > 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/hda > > Information: The operating system thinks the geometry on /dev/hda is > > 9729/255/63. Therefore, cylinder 1024 ends at 8032.499M. > > (parted) p > > Disk geometry for /dev/hda: 0.000-76319.085 megabytes > > Disk label type: msdos > > Minor Start End Type Filesystem Flags > > 1 0.031 39.221 primary fat16 > > 2 39.221 46296.694 primary ntfs boot > > 3 46296.694 55294.035 primary ext3 > > 4 55294.036 76316.594 extended lba > > 5 55294.066 75281.154 logical fat32 lba > > 6 75281.186 76316.594 logical linux-swap > > > > Output of lspci: > > 0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82850 850 (Tehama) Chipset Host > > Bridge (MCH) (rev 04) > > 0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82850 850 (Tehama) Chipset AGP > > Bridge (rev 04) > > 0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 04) > > 0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BA ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 04) > > 0000:00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801BA IDE U100 (rev 04) > > 0000:00:1f.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801BA/BAM USB (Hub #1) (rev > > 04) > > 0000:00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801BA/BAM SMBus (rev 04) > > 0000:00:1f.4 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801BA/BAM USB (Hub #2) (rev > > 04) > > 0000:00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801BA/BAM AC'97 > > Audio (rev 04) > > 0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon > > RV100 QY [Radeon 7000/VE] > > 0000:02:0c.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M > > [Tornado] (rev 78) > > > > Output of lspci -n: > > 0000:00:00.0 0600: 8086:2530 (rev 04) > > 0000:00:01.0 0604: 8086:2532 (rev 04) > > 0000:00:1e.0 0604: 8086:244e (rev 04) > > 0000:00:1f.0 0601: 8086:2440 (rev 04) > > 0000:00:1f.1 0101: 8086:244b (rev 04) > > 0000:00:1f.2 0c03: 8086:2442 (rev 04) > > 0000:00:1f.3 0c05: 8086:2443 (rev 04) > > 0000:00:1f.4 0c03: 8086:2444 (rev 04) > > 0000:00:1f.5 0401: 8086:2445 (rev 04) > > 0000:01:00.0 0300: 1002:5159 > > 0000:02:0c.0 0200: 10b7:9200 (rev 78) > > > > Base System Installation Checklist: > > [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it > > > > Initial boot worked: [O] > > Configure network HW: [O] > > Config network: [O] > > Detect CD: [O] > > Load installer modules: [O] > > Detect hard drives: [E] > > Partition hard drives: [E] > > Create file systems: [ ] > > Mount partitions: [ ] > > Install base system: [ ] > > Install boot loader: [ ] > > Reboot: [ ] > > > > Comments/Problems: > > > > As you can see from my partition table I have a main windows partition > > with ntfs (windows 2000 - hda2), a small dell utility partition (hda1), > > and a fat32 windows partition for data to share with linux (hda5). I > > also prepared a partition to install linux on, and a swap partition. But > > when the debian installer got to the partitioning section it wouldn't > > recognize my partition table. I selected the option to edit the > > partitions manually, but then the only thing in the menu was the entire > > hard drive. According to the output of fdisk I tried to pass the > > following line to the installer: > > > > linux hd=9729,255,63 > > > > but that didn't help. This computer originally just had two partitions, > > the ntfs windows 2000 partition and the small dell utility partition. I > > made extra partitions with an old version of partition magic (don't know > > which version) and installed Suse linux on those partitions. I've since > > removed that and played with the partitions some using the windows 'Disk > > Management' tool. I think the problem is with parted or partman or > > whatever you guys use, since fdisk shows the partition and the ubuntu > > installer had the same problem. 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