setup-storage, extended partition 1, preserve partition 2

[Frank Doepper]

Hi,

I have a new Thinkpad and want to preserve the second partition (Compaq 
Diagnostics) while making a extended partition out of the first one.

setup_harddisks once worked with this configuration:

   disk_config disk1
   logical  /             8192-       rw,errors=remount-ro ; -j ext3
   logical  swap          127-1024    rw
   primary   -            preserve2

but setup-storage (version 1.2.1 from fai-client 3.3.5) does not work with that one:

   disk_config disk1 preserve_always:2
   logical  /             8192-       ext3 rw,errors=remount-ro
   logical  swap          1024-4096   swap sw
   primary  -             0-          -    -

Output is:

   # debug=1 disklist=sda setup-storage -f /var/lib/fai/config/disk_config/THINKPAD
   setup-harddisks is running in test-only mode
   disklist was: sda
   Starting setup-storage 1.2.1
   Using config file: /var/lib/fai/config/disk_config/THINKPAD
   Input was:
   disk_config disk1 preserve_always:2
   logical  /             8192-       ext3 rw,errors=remount-ro
   logical  swap          1024-4096   swap sw
   primary  -             0-          -    -
   (CMD) parted -s /dev/sda unit TiB print 1> /tmp/BiRXogGnGb 2> /tmp/3GAe2hWkrV
   Executing: parted -s /dev/sda unit TiB print
   (STDOUT) Model: ATA HITACHI HTS72201 (scsi)
   (STDOUT) Disk /dev/sda: 0.15TiB
   (STDOUT) Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
   (STDOUT) Partition Table: msdos
   (STDOUT)
   (STDOUT) Number  Start    End      Size     Type     File system  Flags
   (STDOUT)  1      0.00TiB  0.13TiB  0.13TiB  primary  ntfs         boot
   (STDOUT)  2      0.13TiB  0.14TiB  0.00TiB  primary  fat32
   (STDOUT)
   (CMD) parted -s /dev/sda unit B print free 1> /tmp/o7fD3FSqL5 2> /tmp/mJxGmomLAs
   Executing: parted -s /dev/sda unit B print free
   (STDOUT) Model: ATA HITACHI HTS72201 (scsi)
   (STDOUT) Disk /dev/sda: 160041885696B
   (STDOUT) Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
   (STDOUT) Partition Table: msdos
   (STDOUT)
   (STDOUT) Number  Start          End            Size           Type
   File system  Flags
   (STDOUT)  1      32256B         147900211199B  147900178944B  primary  ntfs         boot
   (STDOUT)  2      147900211200B  152444436479B  4544225280B    primary  fat32
   (STDOUT)         152444436480B  160039272959B  7594836480B             Free Space
   (STDOUT)
   (CMD) parted -s /dev/sda unit chs print free 1> /tmp/IxnOmL131D 2> /tmp/k9BkYh8CCU
   Executing: parted -s /dev/sda unit chs print free
   (STDOUT) Model: ATA HITACHI HTS72201 (scsi)
   (STDOUT) Disk /dev/sda: 19457,80,62
   (STDOUT) Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
   (STDOUT) BIOS cylinder,head,sector geometry: 19457,255,63.  Each cylinder is 8225kB.
   (STDOUT) Partition Table: msdos
   (STDOUT)
   (STDOUT) Number  Start        End           Type     File system  Flags
   (STDOUT)  1      0,1,0        17981,44,62   primary  ntfs         boot
   (STDOUT)  2      17981,45,0   18533,164,62  primary  fat32
   (STDOUT)         18533,165,0  19456,254,62           Free Space
   (STDOUT)
       Finding all volume groups
   (CMD) mdadm --detail --scan --verbose -c partitions 1> /tmp/r7BrECVeS5 2> /tmp/PAYHsDlBRi
   Executing: mdadm --detail --scan --verbose -c partitions
   Current disk layout
   $VAR1 = {
             '/dev/sda' => {
                             'bios_heads' => '255',
                             'disklabel' => 'msdos',
                             'partitions' => {
                                               '1' => {
                                                        'count_byte' => '147900178944',
                                                        'filesystem' => 'ntfs',
                                                        'begin_byte' => '32256',
                                                        'is_extended' => 0,
                                                        'end_byte' => '147900211199'
                                                      },
                                               '2' => {
                                                        'count_byte' => '4544225280',
                                                        'filesystem' => 'fat32',
                                                        'begin_byte' => '147900211200',
                                                        'is_extended' => 0,
                                                        'end_byte' => '152444436479'
                                                      }
                                             },
                             'bios_cylinders' => '19457',
                             'size' => '160041885696',
                             'sector_size' => '512',
                             'begin_byte' => 0,
                             'end_byte' => '160041885695',
                             'bios_sectors_per_track' => '63'
                           }
           };
   Current LVM layout
   $VAR1 = {};
   Current RAID layout
   $VAR1 = {};
   Preserved partition /dev/sda2 does not end at a cylinder boundary, parted may fail to restore the partition!
   Insufficient space available for partition /dev/sda5

What to do?

Regards,
Frank.