Debian bug report logs - #1604 cfdisk: data loss and failed install Package: (rootdisk) ; Reported by: Bernd Eckenfels ; 23 days old. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Bug reassigned from package `boot-floppies' to `(rootdisk)'. Request was from imurdock@debian.org (Ian Murdock) to debian-bugs-request@pixar.com . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From lina.inka.de!ecki Sun Oct 8 02:57:41 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t1sUH-000CyEC; Sun, 8 Oct 95 02:57 PDT Received: from sapa.inka.de by pixar.com with SMTP id AA26998 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Sun, 8 Oct 1995 02:57:18 -0700 Received: from lina.inka.de (ecki@[193.197.84.17]) by sapa.inka.de with smtp (S3.1.29.1) id ; Sun, 8 Oct 95 10:57 MET Message-Id: Date: Sun, 08 Oct 95 10:53:54 0100 Sender: ecki@lina.inka.de From: Bernd Eckenfels X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (X11; I; Linux 1.3.23 i386) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: debian-bugs@pixar.com Subject: cfdisk: data loss and failed install X-Url: http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Reporting.html Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Package: boot-floppies Version: 0.93.6 The used cfdisk is very picky on partition tables. It will exit with error messages very often. This breaks the 'normal' Installation mode The Script wont recognized an already partitionated Harddisk. This will lead in a broken reformating and especially data-loss without questioning. In expert mode 'Partition a disk' will fail with a short Error Message. There should be possibilieties tu run "cfdisk -z". Greetings Bernd -- __ (OO) -- Bernd_Eckenfels@Wittumstrasse13.76646Bruchsal.de -- ( .. ) +4972573817 ecki@lina.{inka.de,ka.sub.org} ukd1@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de o--o *QUAK* Jetzt auch mit Plueschtier in der .Sig! (O____O) Eckes@IRC ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to Bernd Eckenfels : New bug report received and forwarded. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Report forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com : Bug#1604 ; Package boot-floppies . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Jackson / iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk , with the debian-bugs tracking mechanism This page last modified 07:43:01 GMT Wed 01 Nov