I had a problem like this just yesterday, and below is a copy of the e-mail I sent to the lists (debian-boot and debian-user):
Well, I found out the cause of the problem: it seems that my previous install of Ubuntu somehow managed to create a swap partition that overlapped a bit of the beginning of the next partition. As a result anything that used libparted could not read the partition list properly, leading to that issue. I tested it with a livecd, using gparted, and it showed the same result. After running testdisk with a deep search, I removed the malformed swap partition and created a new one, and succeeded in installing lenny :) If you need help using testdisk, just ask. On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 3:12 PM, Mark Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 02:46:11PM -0300, Otavio Salvador wrote: > >> Please verify if parted sees the partition table. > > Parted reports "Error: Cannot have overlapping partitions." > > -- > "You grabbed my hand and we fell into it, like a daydream - or a fever." > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] > > -- Khristian Alexander Schönrock http://derkosak.blogspot.com - Meu blógue! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
