Re: So much for a wheezy install, massive fail
On Thursday 22 January 2015 01:59:39 Bob Proulx did opine
And Gene did reply:
> Gene Heskett wrote:
> > Bob Proulx did opine
> >
> > And Gene did reply:
> > > > Go ahead and install its way, then run an fdisk -l and read the
> > > > result, confirmed by quite slow readings from hdparm -tT on the
> > > > drive you just installed it to.
> > >
> > > What problem are you seeing? Details?
>
> I assume the above links to the below:
> > gene@coyote:~/Downloads$ parted /dev/sdb unit s print
> > WARNING: You are not superuser. Watch out for permissions.
> > Model: ATA ST1000VX000-1CU1 (scsi)
> > Disk /dev/sdb: 1953525168s
> > Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B
> > Partition Table: gpt
> >
> > Number Start End Size File system Name
> > Flags
> >
> > 1 16384s 112656383s 112640000s ext4
> > boot 2 112656384s 215056383s 102400000s linux-swap(v1) 3
> > 215062155s 317460464s 102398310s ext4
> > 4 317460465s 1953520064s 1636059600s ext4
>
> But that wasn't created by the debian-installer. That partition
> scheme must have been created by some other tool. The Wheezy
> debian-installer will create this following type of layout from this
> example system.
>
> Number Start End Size Type File system
> Flags 1 2048s 999423s 997376s primary ext2
> 2 999424s 17000447s 16001024s primary linux-swap(v1)
> 3 17002494s 78163967s 61161474s extended
> 5 17002496s 78163967s 61161472s logical ext4
>
> Note that partitions sda1, sda2, and sda5 are all aligned properly for
> AF 4k drives. Note that sda1 is /boot but the debian-installer does
> not set the boot flag. The first partition sda1 will start at sector
> 2048. All of these are different from what you show. Therefore it
> must have been created by a different tool.
I was, I screwed around again last night and set it up again, using
gparted, until everybody was happy. So now it looks like this:
gene@coyote:~/Downloads$ sudo parted /dev/sdb unit s print
[sudo] password for gene:
Model: ATA ST1000VX000-1CU1 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 1953525168s
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B
Partition Table: gpt
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 4130s 2072384s 2068255s ext4
2 2072385s 104470694s 102398310s ext4
3 104470695s 141334694s 36864000s linux-swap(v1)
4 141334695s 1953520064s 1812185370s ext4
gdisk says its ok, has a protective MBR but is using GPT. So probably the
thing to do is get another disk, install to it, then copy it all to a good
disk. That would at least get it onto this disk without the installers
partitioner touching it. Worth the effort? At this point I am not sure.
>
> > Which it is not complaining about. BUT that is not how I spent an
> > hour partitioning it last night, zero resemblance, partitions 2 & 3
> > were specced with 50G's for swap and /, the last, big one is /home.
>
> If it wasn't you and it wasn't the debian-installer then it must have
> been someone else. Someone must have repartitioned those when you
> weren't looking. Do you have a cat? I always suspect the cat. :-)
>
> Bob
Nah, she was 20 something and toothless, so we had her take a long nap
about 3 years ago. So much as I'd like to, I can't blame it on the cat.
The woof has COPD, and no longer can care for a pet. I might get a dog
again if she falls over first. We had a Sheltie for about 10 years,
excellent pet but the short life surprised us both. I still catch myself
setting a cereal or ice cream bowl on the floor for him to cleanup, 10+
years later.
Cheers, Gene Heskett
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