Bug#443962: partitions not starting/ending on cylinder boundary

2007-10-06 Thread Andreas Balser
Hi, the bug is more-or-less solved: I deleted the one partition that caused the partial overlap. Then parted found my partitions, I created a new one, and now everything is fine... Andreas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PR

Bug#443962: partitions not starting/ending on cylinder boundary

2007-10-06 Thread Andreas Balser
> Can I use fdisk to de-overlap my partitions (the end-cylinder and the > begin-cylinder of the next partition are identical!)? FYI: I just tried to use gparted to resize my partitions. But guess what: It doesn't recognize any partitions! :-O Any ideas? Thanks Andreas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, ema

Bug#443962: Using partconfig without partman

2007-10-06 Thread Andreas Balser
> The bug probably really lies in parted, and is probably related to > #418704. Could you please give use the full output (complete this, > with sectors and size) of both "fdisk -l /dev/hda" and "parted /dev/hda > print". Hi there, thanks for the hints! The problem is that parted thinks that my

Using partconfig without partman

2007-09-30 Thread Andreas Balser
Hi all, I am still stuck installing debian on my laptop with partman denying any partitions on the toshiba-hdd. Can someone tell me how to use partconfig without involving partman upfront? This is really bugging me! Thanks Andreas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

Bug#443962: partman does not recognize existing partitions

2007-09-26 Thread Andreas Balser
> Unfortunately, the menu item "installer components to > load" does not show partconf or anything similar. Actually, partconf-find-partitions is included on the CD. I also think that it is loaded as "additional component". But probably, it is part of partman, and hence not listed as a separate me

Bug#443962: partman does not recognize existing partitions

2007-09-26 Thread Andreas Balser
> You could maybe boot in expert mode and install the "partconf" > optional package when prompted for extra Debian Installer components > to install. Sounds good. Unfortunately, the menu item "installer components to load" does not show partconf or anything similar. Can i build my own installer i

Bug#443962: partman does not recognize existing partitions

2007-09-26 Thread Andreas Balser
> Please, can you post the whole output of fdisk -l? I bet you have a > dualboot system with Windows but I'd like to check that. It is a bit cumbersome to get the debian-installer here, so let me try to explain in words what is going on: /dev/hda1 is a windows FAT partition indeed (marked bootabl

Bug#443962: partman does not recognize existing partitions

2007-09-26 Thread Andreas Balser
> Hmm, OK. That confirms that, as you suggested, partman (rather > libparted) cannot read your partition table...and there really is a > bug somewhere. :-O Does anyone know a way around this? Can I get an older installer somewhere, install an old version, and then dist-upgrade step-by-step? Than

Bug#443962: partman does not recognize existing partitions

2007-09-26 Thread Andreas Balser
> Hmmm, have you tried hitting Enter to select the drive that's > displayed? > > *That* should show you the partitions to display, IIRC. Not quite: He asks whether it is okay to generate a whole new partition table (but I can still undo that). If I agree, I see one more line underneath the drive s

Installing without repartitioning? (partman not recognizing partitions)

2007-09-25 Thread Andreas Balser
Hi, is there any way of bypassing the partitioning step in the debian installer? I want to use existing partitions to install debian, and I just have to tell the installer which partitions to use. The problem is that partman does not recognize the partitions (while fdisk does). Is there a way o

Bug#443962: Acknowledgement (partman does not recognize existing partitions)

2007-09-25 Thread Andreas Balser
Hi, I managed to obtain the partman logfile, see below. My harddrive is Toshiba MK4025GAS, and partman can obviously not read the partition table. However, fdisk (when invoked from the console) can accurately access the partition table! Best, Andreas /var/log/partman: /bin/partman:

Bug#443962: partman does not recognize existing partitions

2007-09-25 Thread Andreas Balser
package: partman severity: important I am just trying to install debian to existing partitions of the harddisk of my laptop. However, the "manual" partitioning method only shows the whole Harddisk, and wants to create a new partition-table for the whole disk. This is true with the netinst-, as we