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Bug#511896: marked as done (debian-installer: Hanged at the partitioning step when installing on a partition previously created (with cfdisk))

Your message dated Sat, 20 Jul 2013 12:44:51 +0200
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has caused the Debian Bug report #511896,
regarding debian-installer: Hanged at the partitioning step when installing on a partition previously created (with cfdisk)
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Package: debian-installer
Version: lenny rc1
Severity: important


I have a virtualbox virtual machine with a 2.00GB disk (2GiB, actually) in which I have failed to install lenny using
http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/lenny_di_rc1/i386/iso-cd/debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso because I get the error screen that I attach when I assign 
the mount points to the previously existant partitions.




The disk was partitioned with cfdisk using the sequence of commands "logical partition - size 200 - at the end - another logical - size 1000 - at 
the end" so that I got this partition table:



# fdisk -lu

Disk /dev/hda: 2147 MB, 2147483648 bytes
16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4161 cylinders, total 4194304 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hda1         1849680     4194287     1172304    5  Extended
/dev/hda5         1849743     3803183      976720+  83  Linux
/dev/hda6         3803247     4194287      195520+  82  Linux swap / Solaris



When performing an expert install, in the "Partition disks" step, I selected "Partitioning method: Manual", / at partition #5, swap at partition #6.  
After the confirmation question my partitions had changed to:



Disk /dev/hda: 2147 MB, 2147483648 bytes
16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4161 cylinders, total 4194304 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00021bbf

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hda1         1849742     4194287     1172273    5  Extended
/dev/hda5         1849743     3803183      976720+  83  Linux
/dev/hda6         3803247     4194287      195520+  82  Linux swap / Solaris



If I try to reinstall with this new partition table the error happens again.

This might be an example of the #440446 bug

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reassign 473144 win32-loader
reassign 598653 discover
reassign 511896 partman-base
thanks

Hi,

thank you for submitting bug reports concering debian-installer, much 
appreciated.

I read through all the bugs mentioned here (and I'm sure they were read by 
several people at the time they were submitted) and am closing them now as/if
- they (finally) indicated success and/or
- I know from first hand experience that the functionality is working in 
Wheezy and/or
- they only contained very little information and/or
- they contained user errors and/or
- they have been from a development phase where things were not stable and/or
- they are very old and/or
- they are wishlist but rather special + exotic and not have been acted on for 
years. (See http://blog.liw.fi/posts/wishlist-bugs/ why it's often useful to 
close wishlist bugs.)

If I've closed a bug incorrectly please do reply (it's easy to reopen and I'll 
do if requested) or just file a new one - thats often better, as the bug log 
will be clearer and shorter and not contain cruft.


cheers,
        Holger

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