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Bug#285678: marked as done (Installer unable to recognize partition table created by Linux fdisk.)

Your message dated Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:57:50 +0000
with message-id <E1OtBnC-0004Nz-9n@ravel.debian.org>
and subject line Closing old installation report #285678
has caused the Debian Bug report #285678,
regarding Installer unable to recognize partition table created by Linux fdisk.
to be marked as done.

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Package: installation-reports

Debian-installer-version: Debian Installer Release Candidate 2
uname -a: Linux bugs 2.6.8-1-386 #1 Thu Nov 25 04:24:08 UTC 2004 i686
GNU/Linux
Date: 4 Dec 2004
Method: Boot from CD. Install base from CD and the rest from the net. Used
HTTP proxy.

Machine: VAIO PCG-GR390
Processor: 1.2 GHz PIII
Memory: 512MB
Root Device: /dev/hda
Root Size/partition table:
   Device Boot Start     End    Blocks   ID  System
/dev/hda1   *      1    4864  39070048+   c  W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/hda2       4865    4989   1004062+  82  Linux swap
/dev/hda3       4990    7296  18530977+  83  Linux
Output of lspci and lspci -n:
$ lspci
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82830 830 Chipset Host Bridge (rev
02)
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82830 830 Chipset AGP Bridge (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM USB (Hub #1) (rev 01)
0000:00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM USB (Hub #2) (rev 01)
0000:00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM USB (Hub #3) (rev 01)
0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 41)
0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801CAM ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 01)
0000:00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801CAM IDE U100 (rev 01)
0000:00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM SMBus Controller (rev 01)
0000:00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM AC'97
Audio Controller (rev 01)
0000:00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Modem Controller (rev
01)
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon
Mobility M6 LY
0000:02:02.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AA22 IEEE-1394
Controller (PHY/Link Integrated) (rev 02)
0000:02:05.0 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev 80)
0000:02:05.1 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev 80)
0000:02:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82801CAM (ICH3) PRO/100 VE
(LOM) Ethernet Controller (rev 41)


$ lspci -n
0000:00:00.0 0600: 8086:3575 (rev 02)
0000:00:01.0 0604: 8086:3576 (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.0 0c03: 8086:2482 (rev 01)
0000:00:1d.1 0c03: 8086:2484 (rev 01)
0000:00:1d.2 0c03: 8086:2487 (rev 01)
0000:00:1e.0 0604: 8086:2448 (rev 41)
0000:00:1f.0 0601: 8086:248c (rev 01)
0000:00:1f.1 0101: 8086:248a (rev 01)
0000:00:1f.3 0c05: 8086:2483 (rev 01)
0000:00:1f.5 0401: 8086:2485 (rev 01)
0000:00:1f.6 0703: 8086:2486 (rev 01)
0000:01:00.0 0300: 1002:4c59
0000:02:02.0 0c00: 104c:8021 (rev 02)
0000:02:05.0 0607: 1180:0476 (rev 80)
0000:02:05.1 0607: 1180:0476 (rev 80)
0000:02:08.0 0200: 8086:1031 (rev 41)


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:     [O]
Partition hard drives:  [E]
Create file systems:    [ ]
Mount partitions:       [ ]
Install base system:    [ ]
Install boot loader:    [ ]
Reboot:                 [ ]

Comments/Problems:

I tried to install Debian on a 60GB drive in my laptop. I had previously
partitioned the hard drive on a RH9 system using fdisk and installed
Windows XP into /dev/hda1 (so far, everything worked well). When I booted
up the Debian installer, everything went fine until the partitioning step.
A valid partition table was not recognized, so the installer thought the
whole disk was empty and available for Debian. I attempted to correct the
issue several times by rewriting the partition table using the fdisk
program that came on the install CD and by using the XP disk manager. I
varied the number and size of partitions, but always kept partition
/dev/hda1 constant (I wanted to preserve my Windows install). None of
these steps worked. It wasn't until after a failed attempt to install
Knoppix 3.6 and a repartition with cfdisk (from the same Knoppix CD) that
the installer finally recognized the partition table and allowed me to
successfully install Debian.



		
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We are closing this installation report for one of the following
reasons:
- it was reported with a pre-lenny version of Debian
  Installer.
- indications in the installation report give the feeling that
  the reported problem waslying in another software, unrelated to
  D-I, which we can't easily identify.
- indications in the installation report suggest that it may have been
  fixed in a more recent version of a D-I component
- it was successful and we forgot closing it..:-)
- it has no information we consider useful


The D-I team is currently in the process of cleaning out the old spool
of installation reports that haven't bene processed yet. 

In case you think that the problem you reported has chances to be
still present, please reiterate your installation test with
a more recent image of D-I, if you're in position of doing this.

You'll find daily builds at
http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer. We recommend you choose
the netboot image, in the "daily builds section", then choose to
install "squeeze" when prompted.

If some problems are found, please report them with a new bug sent
against installation-reports.

Many thanks for your understanding and your help improving Debian,
past and present.

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