this time I've actually attached it. -Andrew On 4/22/07, Andrew Chant <andrew.chant@gmail.com> wrote:
I've attached the syslog after adding set -x to /lib/partman/definitions.sh, as requested. The reason I suggest adding it to the workarounds is because it is not obvious that it is the ipod that is causing the hang. It took me a few hours to figure out that /dev/scsi/host2 was actually my ipod, which normally I don't consider as an HD - I just have it connected all the time so that it charges. On 4/22/07, Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl> wrote: > reassign 420382 partman-base > thanks > > On Sunday 22 April 2007 08:14, Christian Perrier wrote: > > > During "Starting up the partitioner.." > > > "Scanning disks..." > > > I get the message > > > > > > "Warning! > > > Device /dev/scsi/host2/bus0/target0/lun0/disc has logical sector > > > size of 2048. Not all parts of GNU parted support this at the > > > moment, and the working code is highly experimental." > > > > That message obviously seem to come from gparted. How is it displayed > > on screen? > > Not gparted, but libparted. > > I read this message as a warning that devices with a sector size of 2048 > are not really supported by libparted and that if you continue you run a > risk of losing the data on the device and possibly even the device (if it > cannot be formatted again). Personally I probably would not continue even > if the partitioner did not hang. > > AFAIK, normal sector sizes are 512 and 1024. > > The only people who can tell if this warning is still valid or not and > what the status of support for 2048 size sectors is, are the maintainers > (and possibly only the upstream maintainers) of libparted. > > > My understanding is that this failure is badly handled by partman. But > > this needs to be confirmed. > > It is correct that partman should not hang, and the fact that it does is > probably an indication that it really is not supported. AFAIK such > messages from partman are normally fairly well handled. > > Is the installer hanging completely, or can you still switch to VT2? > If you can, it would be interesting if you could add a line "set -x" near > the top of /lib/partman/definitions.sh _before_ partman is run (using > nano as editor), and send us /var/log/syslog (gzipped) after the hang. > That would give us the information on where exactly the warning is > displayed and the hang occurs. The option "Save debug logs" in the main > menu may help as well. > > As you are the first person to report this issue, I don't think we'll add > it in the errata just yet, but we'll keep the issue in mind. > > Cheers, > FJP >
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