Bug#292111: installation-reports: FAILURE TO ... [proposed solution]

2005-02-14 Thread Andrew Clausen
On Sun, Feb 13, 2005 at 09:41:32AM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > >Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > > /dev/hde27655 19930986057735 Extended > > /dev/hde389909254 2128581 82 Linux swap How was partition 3 created?

Bug#292111: installation-reports: FAILURE TO ... [proposed solution]

2005-02-13 Thread Sven Luther
tags 292111 + upstream help thanks Hello fellow parted developers, i got this bug report, whose complet log is at : http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=292111 And i am really baffled about what is going on here. I am no expert on MBRs, and i didn't know if it would be possible,

Bug#292111: installation-reports: FAILURE TO ... [proposed solution]

2005-02-13 Thread Gene Cooperman
Well, I now understand what parted is doing, and why it doesn't work on my system. Apparently, the extended partition of my partition table has a hole in it, and a physical partion occupies that hole. My partition table has: 1. /dev/hde1 -- physical partition (ntfs) 2. /dev/hde2 -- extended partit