Bug#443962: partman does not recognize existing partitions

2007-09-26 Thread Andreas Balser
> Unfortunately, the menu item "installer components to > load" does not show partconf or anything similar. Actually, partconf-find-partitions is included on the CD. I also think that it is loaded as "additional component". But probably, it is part of partman, and hence not listed as a separate me

Bug#443962: partman does not recognize existing partitions

2007-09-26 Thread Andreas Balser
> You could maybe boot in expert mode and install the "partconf" > optional package when prompted for extra Debian Installer components > to install. Sounds good. Unfortunately, the menu item "installer components to load" does not show partconf or anything similar. Can i build my own installer i

Bug#443962: partman does not recognize existing partitions

2007-09-26 Thread Andreas Balser
> Please, can you post the whole output of fdisk -l? I bet you have a > dualboot system with Windows but I'd like to check that. It is a bit cumbersome to get the debian-installer here, so let me try to explain in words what is going on: /dev/hda1 is a windows FAT partition indeed (marked bootabl

Bug#443962: partman does not recognize existing partitions

2007-09-26 Thread Otavio Salvador
Andreas Balser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Hmm, OK. That confirms that, as you suggested, partman (rather >> libparted) cannot read your partition table...and there really is a >> bug somewhere. > > :-O > > Does anyone know a way around this? Can I get an older installer > somewhere, install an

Bug#443962: partman does not recognize existing partitions

2007-09-26 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting Andreas Balser ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > Hmm, OK. That confirms that, as you suggested, partman (rather > > libparted) cannot read your partition table...and there really is a > > bug somewhere. > > :-O > > Does anyone know a way around this? Can I get an older installer > somewhere, insta

Bug#443962: partman does not recognize existing partitions

2007-09-26 Thread Andreas Balser
> Hmm, OK. That confirms that, as you suggested, partman (rather > libparted) cannot read your partition table...and there really is a > bug somewhere. :-O Does anyone know a way around this? Can I get an older installer somewhere, install an old version, and then dist-upgrade step-by-step? Than

Bug#443962: partman does not recognize existing partitions

2007-09-26 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting Andreas Balser ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > Hmmm, have you tried hitting Enter to select the drive that's > > displayed? > > > > *That* should show you the partitions to display, IIRC. > > Not quite: He asks whether it is okay to generate a whole new > partition table (but I can still undo tha

Bug#443962: partman does not recognize existing partitions

2007-09-26 Thread Andreas Balser
> Hmmm, have you tried hitting Enter to select the drive that's > displayed? > > *That* should show you the partitions to display, IIRC. Not quite: He asks whether it is okay to generate a whole new partition table (but I can still undo that). If I agree, I see one more line underneath the drive s

Bug#443962: partman does not recognize existing partitions

2007-09-25 Thread Christian Perrier
> Once more: When I enter into "manual" partition mode, I see one line > corresponding to my harddrive only. This line shows the harddrive > itself. It should display a list of partitions below this line, right? Hmmm, have you tried hitting Enter to select the drive that's displayed? *That* sho

Bug#443962: partman does not recognize existing partitions

2007-09-25 Thread Andreas Balser
package: partman severity: important I am just trying to install debian to existing partitions of the harddisk of my laptop. However, the "manual" partitioning method only shows the whole Harddisk, and wants to create a new partition-table for the whole disk. This is true with the netinst-, as we