... it's actually in the initial install and partitioning process at
which point you don't have a command line access .... auto or manual
partioned. it's the same issue
On 30/11/2007, Brian Candler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 29, 2007 at 11:18:16PM +0100, ervin wrote:
> > I'm pxe booting ubuntu dapper 6.06 to a Soekris 4501 (64MB RAM & 1GB
> > Compact Flash card) ... dhcp, tftp and the server install is running
> > smoothly until I want to write the partitioning to the CF card ....
> >
> > I tried guided and manual partitioning .... same issue, which is:
> > ---------------------------- issue
> > -------------------------------------------------
> > The attempt to mount a file system with type swap in IDE1 master, |
> > | partition #5 (hda5) at none failed.
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > I made tests on different CF card 1GB & 4GB and from both Sandisk &
> > IBM ... no difference.
> >
> > My manual partitions:
> >
> > 200 MB /
> > 100 MB swap
> > 350 MB /usr
> > 350 MB /var
>
> Copy-paste of fdisk output would be more useful
> ('fdisk /dev/hda' then type 'p')
>
> Your error message says that Ubuntu is expecting to find a swap partition at
> /dev/hda5, which is a logical partition within an extended partition. That
> is, one of /dev/hda1 to /dev/hda4 is an extended partition, and within that
> partition is created /dev/hda5. (You can have lots of logical partitions
> within an extended partition; it's really just a hack to get around the
> limit of 4 MBR partitions)
>
> I have a machine here running Ubuntu 6.06 (desktop not server), I think with
> default partitioning, and this is what I have:
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/hda1 * 1 4681 37600101 83 Linux
> /dev/hda2 4682 4865 1477980 5 Extended
> /dev/hda5 4682 4865 1477948+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
>
> So you could try manually partitioning the card like that.
>
> Alternatively, if you let Ubuntu do its own partitioning, or manually
> partition the card within the installation process so it knows where your
> chosen swap partition is, I'd have thought everything would Just Work[TM].
> But I've not done a non-graphical Ubuntu install over a serial console
> (which I guess is what you're doing), so can't help you with the specifics.
>
> HTH,
>
> Brian.
>
--
mvh/best regards ervin
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