sfdisk troubles while tyrin to install ubuntu hoary with FAI

[Henning Glawe]

On Wed, Mar 02, 2005 at 08:32:03PM +0100, henning_fai at gmx.de wrote:
> While the ubuntu warty install from a sarge server with FAI 2.6.5 was easier
> than expected, I'm now pretty much stuck while trying to install hoary(the
> ubuntu devel stream) with FAI 2.6.6  from a sarge server - everything else
> completely the same as with the warty install.
> 
> I get some errors from sfdisk like that: 
> 
> --- format.log start ---
> 
> [...]
> Disks found: hdaWarning: extended partition does not start at a cylinder
> boundary.
> [...]
> Warning: The partition table looks like it was made
>   for C/H/S=*/255/63 (instead of 77520/16/63).
> For this listing I'll assume that geometry.
> 
> sfdisk: I don't like these partitions - nothing changed.
> (If you really want this, use the --force option.)
> 
> SFDISK ERROR:
> --- format.log end ---
> 
> That's where I run out of ideas for now.
manual workaround: use fdisk manually and clean the partition table, then
retry installing.
was that parition table really created on the same machine, with the same
bios settings (things like LBA come to my mind...) ?


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henning