[Bug 59620] Re: can't handle ext2 resize_inode feature

[Phillip Susi]

** Project changed: parted => ubuntu

** No longer affects: ubuntu

** Changed in: parted (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix

** Changed in: partman-basicfilesystems (Ubuntu)
       Status: Triaged => Fix Released

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Title:
  can't handle ext2 resize_inode feature

Status in “parted” package in Ubuntu:
  Won't Fix
Status in “partman-auto” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “partman-basicfilesystems” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “partman-partitioning” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in Debian GNU/Linux:
  Invalid
Status in “parted” package in Fedora:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  I tried to install Xubuntu dapper the other day from the net installer
  images over PXE to my Thinkpad X24 with a 40GB HD.  It failed.  The
  reason seems to be that for some reason parted does not seem to be
  able to handle my partition layout.  There was an error message to
  that effect "This ext2 filesystem has a rather strange layout!  Parted
  can't resize this (yet)."  After that, it could not go on.

  Two things.  I cannot see how my partition layout is strange.  I also
  set up and formatted my partitions beforehand.  No need for parted in
  this case and therefore I believe parted bailing out should not bring
  the installation process to a complete halt.  I reproduced this error
  of parted while being booted via Knoppix so I can attach some output
  here.

  root at 3[knoppix]# fdisk -l

  Platte /dev/hda: 40.0 GByte, 40007761920 Byte
  16 Köpfe, 63 Sektoren/Spuren, 77520 Zylinder
  Einheiten = Zylinder von 1008 × 512 = 516096 Bytes

      Gerät  boot.     Anfang        Ende     Blöcke   Id  System
  /dev/hda1               1        1000      503968+  83  Linux
  /dev/hda2            7752        8236      244440   83  Linux
  /dev/hda4            8722       76070    33943896    5  Erweiterte
  /dev/hda5            8722       12597     1953472+  83  Linux
  /dev/hda6           12598       13567      488848+  83  Linux
  /dev/hda7           13568       71697    29297488+  83  Linux
  /dev/hda8           71698       72194      250456+  82  Linux Swap / Solaris
  /dev/hda9   *       72195       76070     1953472+  83  Linux
  root at 3[knoppix]# parted /dev/hda
  GNU Parted 1.6.9
  Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
  This program is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License.

  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
  WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
  PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.

  Using /UNIONFS/dev/hda
  Information: The operating system thinks the geometry on /UNIONFS/dev/hda is
  77520/16/63.  Therefore, cylinder 1024 ends at 503,999M.
  (parted) print
  Disk geometry for /UNIONFS/dev/hda: 0.000-38154,375 megabytes
  Disk label type: msdos
  Minor    Start       End     Type      Filesystem  Flags
  1          0,031    492,187  primary   ext2
  2       3814,945   4053,656  primary   ext2
  4       4292,367  37440,703  extended
  5       4292,398   6200,085  logical   ext2
  6       6200,117   6677,507  logical   ext2
  7       6677,539  35288,367  logical   ext2
  8      35288,398  35532,984  logical   linux-swap
  9      35533,015  37440,703  logical   ext2        boot
  (parted) quit
  Information: Don't forget to update /etc/fstab, if necessary.

  If I start qtparted on Knoppix to move hda2 a bit up front, I also get
  this "This ext2 filesystem has a rather strange layout!  Parted can't
  resize this (yet)." error message.

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