Package: autopartkit Severity: normal I extended the schema that we use for a Combined server in Debian-edu, and ended up with a big surprise.
attached is the output from syslog during first stge of installation -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.11-x300 Locale: LANG=nb_NO, LC_CTYPE=nb_NO (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
May 10 06:19:10 autopartkit[5568]: Using 'msdos' default disk label type May 10 06:19:11 autopartkit[5568]: Loading table file '/etc/autopartkit/Main-Server+Thin-Client-Server.table' May 10 06:19:11 autopartkit[5568]: Adding '/ default 256 512' May 10 06:19:11 autopartkit[5568]: Fetched partition info / default 256 512 May 10 06:19:11 autopartkit[5568]: Adding '/tmp tmpfs 0 0' May 10 06:19:11 autopartkit[5568]: Fetched partition info /tmp tmpfs 0 0 May 10 06:19:11 autopartkit[5568]: Adding 'vg_system lvm 4956+2*$RAMSIZE 12320+2*$RAMSIZE' May 10 06:19:11 autopartkit[5568]: Fetched partition info vg_system lvm 4956+2*$RAMSIZE 12320+2*$RAMSIZE May 10 06:19:11 autopartkit[5568]: Adding 'swap lvm:vg_system:lv_swap:swap 2*$RAMSIZE 2*$RAMSIZE' May 10 06:19:11 autopartkit[5568]: Fetched partition info swap lvm:vg_system:lv_swap:swap 2*$RAMSIZE 2*$RAMSIZE May 10 06:19:11 autopartkit[5568]: Adding '/usr lvm:vg_system:lv_usr:default 1676 4096' May 10 06:19:11 autopartkit[5568]: Fetched partition info /usr lvm:vg_system:lv_usr:default 1676 4096 May 10 06:19:11 autopartkit[5568]: Enough room in list 8 > 4 + 1 May 10 06:19:11 autopartkit[5568]: Adding '/var lvm:vg_system:lv_var:default 384 2048' May 10 06:19:11 autopartkit[5568]: Fetched partition info /var lvm:vg_system:lv_var:default 384 2048 May 10 06:19:11 autopartkit[5568]: Enough room in list 8 > 5 + 1 May 10 06:19:11 autopartkit[5568]: Adding '/var/lib/lessdisks lvm:vg_system:lv_less:default 2252 5120' May 10 06:19:11 autopartkit[5568]: Fetched partition info /var/lib/lessdisks lvm:vg_system:lv_less:default 2252 5120 May 10 06:19:11 autopartkit[5568]: Enough room in list 8 > 6 + 1 May 10 06:19:11 autopartkit[5568]: Adding '/var/tmp lvm:vg_system:lv_var_tmp:default 512 1024' May 10 06:19:11 autopartkit[5568]: Fetched partition info /var/tmp lvm:vg_system:lv_var_tmp:default 512 1024 May 10 06:19:11 autopartkit[5568]: Adding '/var/spool/squid lvm:vg_system:lv_squid:default 100 2048' May 10 06:19:11 autopartkit[5568]: Fetched partition info /var/spool/squid lvm:vg_system:lv_squid:default 100 2048 May 10 06:19:11 autopartkit[5568]: Enough room in list 16 > 8 + 1 May 10 06:19:11 autopartkit[5568]: Adding 'vg_data lvm 96 -1' May 10 06:19:11 autopartkit[5568]: Fetched partition info vg_data lvm 96 -1 May 10 06:19:11 autopartkit[5568]: Enough room in list 16 > 9 + 1 May 10 06:19:11 autopartkit[5568]: Adding '/skole/tjener/home0 lvm:vg_data:lv_home0:default 32 1024' May 10 06:19:11 autopartkit[5568]: Fetched partition info /skole/tjener/home0 lvm:vg_data:lv_home0:default 32 1024 May 10 06:19:11 autopartkit[5568]: Enough room in list 16 > 10 + 1 May 10 06:19:11 autopartkit[5568]: Adding '/skole/backup lvm:vg_data:lv_backup:default 32 1600' May 10 06:19:11 autopartkit[5568]: Fetched partition info /skole/backup lvm:vg_data:lv_backup:default 32 1600 May 10 06:19:11 autopartkit[5568]: Enough room in list 16 > 11 + 1 May 10 06:19:11 autopartkit[5568]: Enough room in list 16 > 12 + 1 May 10 06:19:12 autopartkit[5568]: pre_confirm 0 0 May 10 06:19:15 autopartkit[5568]: post_confirm 0 0 May 10 06:19:16 autopartkit[5568]: Created LVM stacks May 10 06:19:16 autopartkit[5568]: Locating free space on all disks May 10 06:19:16 autopartkit[5568]: checking dev: /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc, sector_size=512 May 10 06:19:16 autopartkit[5568]: part: -1, type: 4 size: (0-13516799) 13516800 May 10 06:19:16 autopartkit[5568]: free space 13516800 May 10 06:19:16 autopartkit[5568]: Done locating free space, found 1 free areas May 10 06:19:16 autopartkit[5568]: Found free space, distributing partitions. May 10 06:19:16 autopartkit[5568]: error: 0, Unable to find 659636224 blocks of free space requested by S^L5^D^HS[[^_]Ð^U^D^H^D^H)PRh^D^Hj^A_^Pá^D^H;[EMAIL PROTECTED] on any disk.