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dylnuge
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 Posted: Sat May 06, 2006 10:35 pm Post subject: Error: Can't have the end before the start! [Solved] |
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This appears when I attempt to install Gentoo using LiveCD x86.
This is my /var/log/installer.log.failed file:
| Code: | GLI: May 06 2006 16:20:20 - Setting root password.
GLI: May 06 2006 16:20:20 - Livecd root password set.
GLI: May 06 2006 16:20:21 - Portmap started.
GLI: May 06 2006 16:20:21 - Completed pre_install steps
GLI: May 06 2006 17:20:09 - partitioning: Processing /dev/sda...
GLI: May 06 2006 17:20:09 - Partition 1 has origminor 1...saving start sector 63 and end sector 96389
GLI: May 06 2006 17:20:09 - Partition 2 has origminor 2...saving start sector 20675655 and end sector 195366464
GLI: May 06 2006 17:20:09 - Deleting old minor 1 to be recreated later
GLI: May 06 2006 17:20:09 - Deleting old minor 2 to be recreated later
GLI: May 06 2006 17:20:09 - Partitioning: Second pass...
GLI: May 06 2006 17:20:09 - Partitioning: Third pass....creating partitions
GLI: May 06 2006 17:20:09 - Drive has 195371568 sectors
GLI: May 06 2006 17:20:09 - Partition 1 has 47MB
GLI: May 06 2006 17:20:09 - Old start sector 63 retrieved
GLI: May 06 2006 17:20:09 - Retrieved start sector is not the same as the calculated next start sector
GLI: May 06 2006 17:20:09 - Old end sector 96389 retrieved
GLI: May 06 2006 17:20:09 - Adding primary partition 1 from 63 to 96389
GLI: May 06 2006 17:20:09 - Partition 2 has 85298MB
GLI: May 06 2006 17:20:09 - Old start sector 20675655 retrieved
GLI: May 06 2006 17:20:09 - Retrieved start sector is not the same as the calculated next start sector
GLI: May 06 2006 17:20:09 - Old end sector 195366464 retrieved
GLI: May 06 2006 17:20:09 - Adding primary partition 2 from 20675655 to 195366464
GLI: May 06 2006 17:20:09 - Partition 3 has 100MB
GLI: May 06 2006 17:20:09 - Start sector calculated to be 195366465
GLI: May 06 2006 17:20:09 - End sector calculated to be 195571265
GLI: May 06 2006 17:20:09 - Adding primary partition 3 from 195366465 to 195371567
GLI: May 06 2006 17:20:10 - Formatting partition 3 as ext2 with: mkfs.ext2 /dev/sda3
GLI: May 06 2006 17:20:15 - Partition 4 has 9948MB
GLI: May 06 2006 17:20:15 - Start sector calculated to be 195371568
GLI: May 06 2006 17:20:15 - End sector calculated to be 215745072
GLI: May 06 2006 17:20:15 - Adding extended partition 4 from 195371568 to 195371567
GLI: May 06 2006 17:20:15 - This is a bad thing. An exception occured outside of the normal install errors. The error was: 'Error: Can't have the end before the start!'
GLI: May 06 2006 17:20:15 - Traceback (most recent call last):
GLI: May 06 2006 17:20:15 - File "/opt/installer/GLIClientController.py", line 165, in run
self._install_steps[self._install_step]['function']()
GLI: May 06 2006 17:20:15 - File "/opt/installer/templates/x86ArchitectureTemplate.py", line 331, in partition
self._add_partition(parted_disk, start, end, "extended", "")
GLI: May 06 2006 17:20:15 - File "/opt/installer/templates/x86ArchitectureTemplate.py", line 70, in _add_partition
newpart = disk.partition_new(types[type], fstype, start, end)
GLI: May 06 2006 17:20:15 - error: Error: Can't have the end before the start! |
This occurs during partitioning. Thanks,
Dylnuge
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mdeininger
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| Posted: Sat May 06, 2006 10:53 pm Post subject: |
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I hear the graphical installer's partitioner is b0rked, among other things... I would recommend you try the CLI-installation by following the CLI installation guide verbatim.
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dylnuge
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| Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 12:13 am Post subject: |
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| I can't install at all anymore. I use Norton PartitionMagic 8 to partition. My Win Parts are fine, but it messed up my Unallocated space. Please help, I desperatly need it. I don't want to mess with my working win partition, how can I fix the linux/unallocated ones? |
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cyrillic
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| Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 1:40 am Post subject: |
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I've heard that the partitioning code in GLI throws a tantrum if the partitions are in the wrong order on the disk.
Can you post the output of
The important thing to look at is where each partition starts and ends. |
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dylnuge
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| Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 2:12 am Post subject: |
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Disk /dev/sda: 100.0 GB, 100030242816 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 12161 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 6 48163+ 6 FAT16
/dev/sda2 * 1288 12161 87345405 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 12162 12162 2551+ 83 Linux
Note that there are some huge problems with my partitioning software. My windows partition workd fine, I do not want to have to reformat. The first partition, sda1, is a Dell Support partition. It used to be a hidden part of the computer, it now appears as a drive in Windows. Minus that, I have no real changes in windows.
I am going to try to fix this if possible. I was planning on deleating partition 3 and then seeing if that helped, but I will wait for your response before continuing. |
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cyrillic
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| Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 2:28 am Post subject: |
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No wonder you are having problems.
First of all, /dev/sda3 is off the end of the disk. You should delete that partition.
Second, you have about 10GB of empty space between /dev/sda1 and /dev/sda2. If you plan on installing Gentoo there, you will have to do it manually. GLI cannot handle partitions that are out of order like that. |
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dylnuge
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| Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 2:29 am Post subject: |
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Thanks. Yeah, the 10GB is exactly for that purpose. Thanks so much. I will try this now.
One final question: Will writing the changes harm my windows partition if i do nothing to it? (Deleating the third partition) I assume it won't, but with the recent problems, I had no idea what to do. |
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cyrillic
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| Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 2:40 am Post subject: |
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| Writing the changes should be fine, as long as you don't try to modify the Windows partition (/dev/sda2). |
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dylnuge
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| Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 2:51 am Post subject: |
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Thanks. Everything works again, after deleating sda3 I got back into Norton and was able to compleate the changes there.
If there is a perfectly partitioned area before sda2 (Three sections, 2 formatted in ext3, one in Linux-Swap, all perfect sizes), would I have a problem mounting in the GLI, no partitioning required? |
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dylnuge
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| Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 2:53 am Post subject: |
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| I am assuming it is OK and proceeding with installation. Thank you very much for all of your help! |
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