Bug#420255: Partman does not use free space to create partition
Package: installation-reports
Boot method: CD
Image version:
http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/4.0_r0/i386/iso-cd/debian-40r0-i386-busi
nesscard.iso
Date: 20-Apr-2007
Machine: DELL, Inspiron 8600
Processor: Pentium M, 1.7 GHz
Memory: 1GB
Partitions:
Primary 567.5 MB B fat32
Unused space 8 GB 37.6 GB
Primary 15.6 GB ntfs
Logical 26.3 GB ntfs
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot: [O]
Detect network card: [O]
Configure network: [O]
Detect CD: [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [E]
Install base system: [ ]
Clock/timezone setup: [ ]
User/password setup: [ ]
Install tasks: [ ]
Install boot loader: [ ]
Overall install: [ ]
Comments/Problems:
Steps / observations
1. Partman displayed my hard disk correctly.
2. I have chosen a manual partitioning.
3. Partman displayed my current partitioning.
4. I created successfully a partition in the unused space: primary 8 GB,
ext3 on /
5. Partman did not allow to create an other partition (for swap) in the rest
of the unused space.
I suspect partman is unable to create a logical partition in the free space
(in that particular situation).
(Having a good bunch of RAM, that does not hurt me to much).
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