Re: Bug#286534: Installer fails to read partition table.
Sorry, forgot to add subject line.
On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 13:28:34 -0500, "Eric Carlsen" <crlsn@fastmail.fm>
said:
> Package: installation-reports
>
> Debian-installer-version: sarge netinst installer (RC2) from debian
> installer home page
> uname -a: <The result of running uname -a on a shell prompt>
> Date: 12/20/04
> Method: I tried to install from the netinst cd.
>
> Machine: Dell Precision 340 Workstation
> Processor: Pentium 4 2.40 GHz
> Memory: 1 GB
> Root Device: IDE 80 GB (WDC WD800BB-75CAA0)
> Root Size/partition table:
>
> Output of fdisk -l /dev/hda:
>
> Disk /dev/hda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/hda1 1 5 40131 de Dell Utility
> /dev/hda2 * 6 5902 47367652+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
> /dev/hda3 5903 7049 9213277+ 83 Linux
> /dev/hda4 7050 9729 21527100 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
> /dev/hda5 7050 9597 20466778+ c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
> /dev/hda6 9598 9729 1060258+ 82 Linux swap
>
> Output of parted /dev/hda:
> GNU Parted 1.6.9
> Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 Free Software
> Foundation, Inc.
> This program is free software, covered by the GNU General Public
> License.
>
> This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
> WITHOUT ANY
> WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
> FITNESS FOR A
> PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more
> details.
>
> Using /dev/hda
> Information: The operating system thinks the geometry on /dev/hda is
> 9729/255/63. Therefore, cylinder 1024 ends at 8032.499M.
> (parted) p
> Disk geometry for /dev/hda: 0.000-76319.085 megabytes
> Disk label type: msdos
> Minor Start End Type Filesystem Flags
> 1 0.031 39.221 primary fat16
> 2 39.221 46296.694 primary ntfs boot
> 3 46296.694 55294.035 primary ext3
> 4 55294.036 76316.594 extended lba
> 5 55294.066 75281.154 logical fat32 lba
> 6 75281.186 76316.594 logical linux-swap
>
> Output of lspci:
> 0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82850 850 (Tehama) Chipset Host
> Bridge (MCH) (rev 04)
> 0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82850 850 (Tehama) Chipset AGP
> Bridge (rev 04)
> 0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 04)
> 0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BA ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 04)
> 0000:00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801BA IDE U100 (rev 04)
> 0000:00:1f.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801BA/BAM USB (Hub #1) (rev
> 04)
> 0000:00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801BA/BAM SMBus (rev 04)
> 0000:00:1f.4 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801BA/BAM USB (Hub #2) (rev
> 04)
> 0000:00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801BA/BAM AC'97
> Audio (rev 04)
> 0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon
> RV100 QY [Radeon 7000/VE]
> 0000:02:0c.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M
> [Tornado] (rev 78)
>
> Output of lspci -n:
> 0000:00:00.0 0600: 8086:2530 (rev 04)
> 0000:00:01.0 0604: 8086:2532 (rev 04)
> 0000:00:1e.0 0604: 8086:244e (rev 04)
> 0000:00:1f.0 0601: 8086:2440 (rev 04)
> 0000:00:1f.1 0101: 8086:244b (rev 04)
> 0000:00:1f.2 0c03: 8086:2442 (rev 04)
> 0000:00:1f.3 0c05: 8086:2443 (rev 04)
> 0000:00:1f.4 0c03: 8086:2444 (rev 04)
> 0000:00:1f.5 0401: 8086:2445 (rev 04)
> 0000:01:00.0 0300: 1002:5159
> 0000:02:0c.0 0200: 10b7:9200 (rev 78)
>
> Base System Installation Checklist:
> [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
>
> Initial boot worked: [O]
> Configure network HW: [O]
> Config network: [O]
> Detect CD: [O]
> Load installer modules: [O]
> Detect hard drives: [E]
> Partition hard drives: [E]
> Create file systems: [ ]
> Mount partitions: [ ]
> Install base system: [ ]
> Install boot loader: [ ]
> Reboot: [ ]
>
> Comments/Problems:
>
> As you can see from my partition table I have a main windows partition
> with ntfs (windows 2000 - hda2), a small dell utility partition (hda1),
> and a fat32 windows partition for data to share with linux (hda5). I
> also prepared a partition to install linux on, and a swap partition. But
> when the debian installer got to the partitioning section it wouldn't
> recognize my partition table. I selected the option to edit the
> partitions manually, but then the only thing in the menu was the entire
> hard drive. According to the output of fdisk I tried to pass the
> following line to the installer:
>
> linux hd=9729,255,63
>
> but that didn't help. This computer originally just had two partitions,
> the ntfs windows 2000 partition and the small dell utility partition. I
> made extra partitions with an old version of partition magic (don't know
> which version) and installed Suse linux on those partitions. I've since
> removed that and played with the partitions some using the windows 'Disk
> Management' tool. I think the problem is with parted or partman or
> whatever you guys use, since fdisk shows the partition and the ubuntu
> installer had the same problem. I don't want to overwrite my disk and I
> think there should be a way to read this partition table. I used knoppix
> to generate the commands above.
>
>
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