Okay, solved. Thanks to a message in this list, I knew the problem lay in ntfsresize.
I tried using Alt-F2 to switch to the second VT of the Debian installer, but for no reason I can figure out, any command to BusyBox that would access the filesystem (including ls or df) froze the computer. So I booted Knoppix and ran ntfsresize from one of its VTs, and got: ntfsresize v1.13.1-WIP (libntfs 9:0:0) Device name : /dev/sda1 NTFS volume version: 3.1 Cluster size : 4096 bytes Current volume size: 66534257152 bytes (66535 MB) Current device size: 66534257664 bytes (66535 MB) Checking filesystem consistency ... 100.00 percent completed Accounting clusters ... Cluster accounting failed at 3147732 (0x3007d4): extra cluster in $Bitmap Filesystem check failed! Totally 1 cluster accounting mismatches. ERROR: NTFS is inconsistent. Run chkdsk /f on Windows then reboot it TWICE! The usage of the /f parameter is very IMPORTANT! No modification was and will be made to NTFS by this software until it gets repaired. Taking the program's advice, I booted into Windows and ran chkdsk /f twice, rebooting a total of three times. (Okay, I overdid it, but it cost me nothing.) And as I type this, the Debian Installer is resizing the partition. So, since none of the installer developers seem to read this list, I suppose I had better make a bug report out of this. That error message should be passed along to the user, not just ignored. And why did the installer freeze when I ran "df"? Thanks for the hint upthread. -- Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] Read my blog at nitpickingblog.blogspot.com. Reviews! Observations! Stupid mistakes you can correct! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
