On Wed, Sep 01, 2004 at 09:16:05AM -0400, Toni L. Harbaugh-Blackford [Contr] wrote: > Sven- > > Thanks for the quick response. > > On Wed, 1 Sep 2004, Sven Luther wrote: > > > On Wed, Sep 01, 2004 at 08:22:36AM -0400, Toni L. Harbaugh-Blackford [Contr] > wrote: > > > Hi- > > > > > > 'partman' corrupts a Tru64 disklabel for disks that are prepartitioned. > > > > Adding tru64 partition table support (or fixing existing support ?) would > > solve this issue. I have no idea want kind of partition tables are used on > > Tru64 though. > > Tru64 uses BSD disklabels, so that the Alpha can be booted from SRM. > According to an incomplete discussion on the debian-alpha list, partman > should be able to handle the Tru64 labels. > > But partman corrupts those labels in such a way that Tru64 can no longer read > them; however, the labels are 'good enough' for SRM, so that debian still boots.
This is a bug of at least important severity. Could you (or someone else) please fill a bug report (or follow up on another bug report already filled about this problem), and provide appropriate information on how to fix this. Notice that the only reason i am not pushing this to RC severity is the relative nearness of the release, but since it can cause unrelated data loss, it should really be of this kind. > Really, partman would not need to be fixed if section > > 'A.5. Debian Partitioning Programs' This is bullshit, since when do we believe in doing some lamentable workaround instead of doing the right thing and fixing the issue ? Or are the alpha guys also suffering from the debian-powerpc symptom of people liking to document their workaround in random web pages, instead of fixing it ? Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
