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FS#19025 - 2010.03-1 archboot "2k10-R2" ISO hybrid image SSD partitioning failures.

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by GK (OrangeRoot1000) - Saturday, 10 April 2010, 15:33 GMT
Last edited by Tobias Powalowski (tpowa) - Sunday, 18 April 2010, 16:56 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Tobias Powalowski (tpowa)
Architecture x86_64
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description: The hybrid img/dvd 2010 installer that is in Beta does not appear to like SSD's and/or HDD combos for 64 bit. All the partitioning, cfdisk, automounting for an install on a disk, setting of mountpints failed. The error which was cryptic was block error on $1. Something else about a GPT problem. I had to go back to the 2008.02 64 bit cd to install my tower with arch. That dvd worked flawlessly. The 2008.08 also failed on my attempt to install with it. Here is my post in the forums the day I was trying to install.

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=93365&p=2


Additional info:
* package version(s) Hybrid 2010.03-1 archboot "2k10-R2" ISO hybrid image released
* config and/or log files etc. None. No OS or fs or partitions.


Steps to reproduce: Install a fresh ArchLinux box.
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Closed by  Tobias Powalowski (tpowa)
Sunday, 18 April 2010, 16:56 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  not debuggable anymore, only 1 person sufferd from this. Me suspects kernel issue.
Comment by Tobias Powalowski (tpowa) - Friday, 16 April 2010, 09:39 GMT
I need more details, it works for most others, only you have issues.
What partiton layout do your drives use?
Did you select to use GPT partition layout?
Try to launch a partition app in console and look what error exactly shows up.
Please give me more details.
Comment by GK (OrangeRoot1000) - Friday, 16 April 2010, 15:10 GMT
If I had more details Tpowa I would have gladly given them. The thing doesn't install so it doesn't log. That was all the tty would give me. I tried every partitioning scheme I could. Totally auto, me fully manual. Usually I do a /boot with ext2, / with ext3 or jfs, /home with ext3 or jfs, /tmp with ext 2, /var with ext2 and swap. C/Fdisk wouldn't work to partiton and since I couldn't get it to partition it wouldn't let me set mountpoints. It just kept ruuning in a broken loop.

I have no idea what GPT is the tty spit it out just like the block error $1. Unfortunately that particular day took me about 4 hours to mess around with the install and the hybrid disc, and the preceding official did the same thing. The ssd is a Patriot, which is the same brand put in the Asus EEE's though not the same model. Then my secondary drive is Seagate platters.

I was thinking the hybrid dvd would help on a new 64 bit install. Up until now I have been in 32 userland.

VP
Comment by Tobias Powalowski (tpowa) - Friday, 16 April 2010, 15:32 GMT
ok i have a strong guess, if cfdisk doesn't start in an other console your device already has a gpt boot block.
gdisk should work fine for your device.
you could try answering GPT layout yes, this will enable the gpt part of the setup, it will prompt you for every action if you really want to do something.
Comment by GK (OrangeRoot1000) - Friday, 16 April 2010, 16:12 GMT
I was never prompted for GPT. I don't even know what it is... It just showed up in the "verbose" one liner before stalling the whole install. Besides using an SSD for just the OS, and then /home and /data are on the platters. I'm not needing LVM to span across the two drives. My fstab/mtab are more than sufficient.
Comment by Tobias Powalowski (tpowa) - Friday, 16 April 2010, 16:14 GMT
makes me really wonder, the first question when enterin disk stuff is would you like GPT layout.
Are you available by icq/jabber irc?
Discussing it directly maybe easier.
Comment by GK (OrangeRoot1000) - Friday, 16 April 2010, 16:18 GMT
xmpp/jabber == gm5729 AT gmail

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