[Bug 653760] Re: parted hangs during installation on SSD

[Phillip Susi]

Can you reproduce this with just the parted command?


** Changed in: parted (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

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Title:
  parted hangs during installation on SSD

Status in “parted” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: parted

  1)
  root at ubuntu:~# lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
  Release:	10.04

  The same happens with 10.10rc of 1 Oct 2010

  2)
  root at ubuntu:~# apt-cache policy parted
  parted:
    Installed: 2.2-5ubuntu5
    Candidate: 2.2-5ubuntu5
    Version table:
   *** 2.2-5ubuntu5 0
          500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

  3) expected to be able to use a 64GB Verbatim ExpressCard/34 SSD for
  Ubuntu

  4) Ubuntu Live sees the SSD OK as /dev/sdc (see below),
      But "Install Ubultu 10.04LTS" hangs during the partition stage (syslog and partman logs attached).
      The automatic error reporting system fails as well saying "the error happened in assertion".
      The latest OpenSUSE and Mandriva behave exactly the same, although Mandriva says
      "A bug has been detected in GNU Parted.
       Email to ... containing
       version 2.2
       assertion (head_size<=63) at dos.c:659
       in function probe_partition_for_geom() failed." 
       I reported it bug-parted.

  root at ubuntu:~# fdisk -l

  Disk /dev/sda: 992 MB, 992968704 bytes
  255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 120 cylinders
  Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
  Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
  I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
  Disk identifier: 0x0001905d

     Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
  /dev/sda1   *           1         107      858112   83  Linux
  Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
  /dev/sda2             108         121      108545    5  Extended
  Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary.
  /dev/sda5             108         121      108544   82  Linux swap / Solaris

  Disk /dev/sdb: 1999 MB, 1999568384 bytes
  60 heads, 31 sectors/track, 2099 cylinders
  Units = cylinders of 1860 * 512 = 952320 bytes
  Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
  I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
  Disk identifier: 0xffcfe52a

     Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
  /dev/sdb1   *           2        2100     1951679+   6  FAT16

  Disk /dev/sdc: 64.4 GB, 64407732224 bytes
  255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7830 cylinders
  Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
  Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
  I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
  Disk identifier: 0xf5a48b8b

     Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
  /dev/sdc1               1        7831    62895104    7  HPFS/NTFS

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
  Package: parted 2.2-5ubuntu5
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
  Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic i686
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Sat Oct  2 20:57:38 2010
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: parted

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