can't handle ext2 resize_inode feature
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Debian |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
parted (Fedora) |
Won't Fix
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High
|
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parted (Ubuntu) |
Won't Fix
|
Medium
|
Unassigned | ||
partman-auto (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Undecided
|
Colin Watson | ||
partman-basicfilesystems (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Unassigned | ||
partman-partitioning (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Colin Watson |
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@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@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.
Changed in parted: | |
status: | Needs Info → Unconfirmed |
Changed in parted: | |
status: | New → Invalid |
Changed in parted: | |
status: | Invalid → Unknown |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in parted: | |
status: | Unknown → Invalid |
Changed in parted: | |
status: | Invalid → Fix Released |
affects: | parted → ubuntu |
no longer affects: | ubuntu |
Changed in parted (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Confirmed → Won't Fix |
Changed in partman-basicfilesystems (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Triaged → Fix Released |
Changed in parted (Fedora): | |
importance: | Unknown → High |
status: | Fix Released → Won't Fix |
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User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.2.1) Gecko/20030225
Description of problem:
I have two Redhat partition, a small boot parition in hdb1 and the normal Linux
system in hdb3 (hda is a DVD player). Backup strategy is to boot to the small
backup parition and use parted to copy the main Linux parition to a separate
disk (hdd). This worked find in Redhat 7.3. It continued to work when I
reinstalled Redhat 9 in the boot partition, but it quite working when I
installed Redhat 9 in the main linux partition. When it is asked to make the
copy, parted complains that....
This ext2 filesystem has a rather strange layout! Parted can't resize this (yet)
A forced e2fsck -f /dev/hdb3 reports no errors, so I'm assuming that this is an
incompatibility between e2fsprogs and parted rather than a corrupted disk
partition. Upgrading to parted 1.6.5 hasn't helped.
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Parted 1.6.3-11 E2fsprogs 1.32-6
How reproducible:
Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.Run parted and create a partition slightly larger than the main Redhat linux
partition.
2. Ask to copy the main partition to the new one.
Actual Results: This ext2 filesystem has a rather strange layout! Parted can't
resize this (yet)
Expected Results: It should have copied the partition
Additional info: