RE: Parted still fails to see partitions - Was: Bug#269036 not fixed in parted 1.6.11
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matt Kraai [mailto:kraai@ftbfs.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 3:36 PM
> To: Zenker, Matthias (Otometrics Stuttgart)
> Cc: debian-boot@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: Parted still fails to see partitions - Was:
> Bug#269036 not fixed in parted 1.6.11
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 14, 2004 at 12:10:42PM +0200,
> mzenker@gnotometrics.de wrote:
> > 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
> >
> > * parted says:
> >
> > GNU Parted 1.6.11 with HFS shrink patch 12.5
> > [...]
> > Using /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc
> >
>
> > Error: Can't have a partition outside the disk!
>
> This error occurs if parted detects that a partition starts
> before the start of the disk or ends beyond its end.
>
> The fdisk output you posted indicates that partition 2 does
> so. Could you delete it using fdisk and then retry?
I won't delete it, because it is a protected/hidden partition containing the WIN XP installation disk, and I still need it. That is the way IBM Thinkpads are configured. The funny thing is that SUSE 9.0 (kernel 2.4) which uses libparted AFAIK, did not have any problem with that hidden partition.
See http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2004/08/msg03147.html and following for more details about this machine...
Matthias
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