Re: Status of Bug ##242114 ? [Re: Bug#269036: Sarge: debian-installer partitioning failure]
On Tue, Aug 31, 2004 at 04:37:29PM +0200, mzenker@gnotometrics.de wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Sven Luther [mailto:sven.luther@wanadoo.fr]
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 4:45 PM
> > To: Zenker, Matthias (Otometrics Stuttgart)
> > Cc: sven.luther@wanadoo.fr; debian-boot@lists.debian.org
> > Subject: Re: Status of Bug ##242114 ? [Re: Bug#269036: Sarge:
> > debian-installer partitioning failure]
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Aug 31, 2004 at 04:13:08PM +0200,
> > mzenker@gnotometrics.de wrote:
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Sven Luther [mailto:sven.luther@wanadoo.fr]
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 3:38 PM
> > > > To: Zenker, Matthias (Otometrics Stuttgart)
> > > > Cc: sven.luther@wanadoo.fr; debian-boot@lists.debian.org
> > > > Subject: Re: Status of Bug ##242114 ? [Re: Bug#269036: Sarge:
> > > > debian-installer partitioning failure]
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, Aug 31, 2004 at 03:00:00PM +0200, mzenker@gnotometrics.de
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > > Could you provide the reported geometry on both a 2.4
> > kernel and
> > > > > > a
> > > > > > 2.6 kernel ? This is probably the infamous 2.6 geometry
> > > > > > bug/feature/whatver.
> > > > >
> > > > > Geometry reported by what? fdisk -l?
> > > > > I could boot Knoppix once with kernel 2.4, once with 2.6,
> > > > and invoke
> > > > > fdisk -l /dev/hda each time. Would that be what you need?
> > > >
> > > > By the kernel. i don't know fdisk, but maybe, also look
> > in the dmesg
> > > > output too.
> > >
> > > Please excuse my ignorance, but what do I have to do to get the
> > > geometry reported by the kernel?
> > >
> > > Anyway, here is already the output of fdisk -l on Knoppix (kernel
> > > 2.4), Knoppix (kernel 2.6), and the debian installer shell:
> > > --------------------------
> > > Linux Knoppix 2.4.23-xfs #1 SMP Mi Dez 10 22:25:03 CET 2003
> > i686 GNU/Linux
> > >
> > > Platte /dev/hda: 40.0 GByte, 40007761920 Byte
> > > 240 Köpfe, 63 Sektoren/Spuren, 5168 Zylinder
> > > Einheiten = Zylinder von 15120 * 512 = 7741440 Bytes
> > >
> > > Gerät Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> > > /dev/hda1 * 1 2349 17758408+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
> > > /dev/hda2 4695 5168 3583440 41 PPC
> > PReP Boot
> > > /dev/hda3 2350 3321 7348320 c W95
> > FAT32 (LBA)
> > > /dev/hda4 3322 4694 10379880 5 Erweiterte
> > > /dev/hda5 3738 3805 514080 82 Linux Swap
> > > /dev/hda6 3806 4694 6720808+ 83 Linux
> > > /dev/hda7 3322 3737 3144928+ 83 Linux
> > >
> > > Partitionstabelleneinträge sind nicht in Platten-Reihenfolge
> > > ---------------------------
> > > Linux Knoppix 2.6.1 #1 SMP Thu Jan 15 15:10:43 CET 2004
> > i686 GNU/Linux
> > >
> > > Platte /dev/hda: 40.0 GByte, 40007761920 Byte
> > > 240 Köpfe, 63 Sektoren/Spuren, 5168 Zylinder
> > > Einheiten = Zylinder von 15120 * 512 = 7741440 Bytes
> > >
> > > Gerät Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> > > /dev/hda1 * 1 2349 17758408+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
> > > /dev/hda2 4695 5168 3583440 41 PPC
> > PReP Boot
> > > /dev/hda3 2350 3321 7348320 c W95
> > FAT32 (LBA)
> > > /dev/hda4 3322 4694 10379880 5 Erweiterte
> > > /dev/hda5 3738 3805 514080 82 Linux Swap
> > > /dev/hda6 3806 4694 6720808+ 83 Linux
> > > /dev/hda7 3322 3737 3144928+ 83 Linux
> > >
> > > Partitionstabelleneinträge sind nicht in Platten-Reihenfolge
> > > --------------------------------
> > > Linux notebook-mz 2.6.7-1-386 #1 Thu Jul 8 05:08:04 EDT 2004 i686
> > > unknown
> > >
> > > 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
> > > ---------------------------------------------
> > >
> > > fdisk version is 2.12 in all cases.
> > > Note that this output also contains some geometry information, and
> > > that there is a difference between the two Knoppix outputs
> > and the d-i
> > > output. Perhaps this is what you looked for?
> >
> > Probably. Also, could you get the info from dmesg which looks like :
> >
> > hda: 312581808 sectors (160041 MB) w/8192KiB Cache,
> > CHS=19457/255/63, UDMA(100)
> >
> > In all three cases.
> >
> > Also it would be nice to know the geometry d-i thinks the disk has.
>
> How do I get it? (Sorry for my ignorance)
Probably running a verbose version of parted. Or by looking in
/var/log/partman, which may have something to say.
We could write a smallish little libparted program to drop it too.
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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