[Grml] grml 1.1 does not recognize vmware disks anymore

[Michael Prokop]

* Peter <p.vittali at tonhof.ch> [20080130 23:08]:

> I was just trying to install the new 1.1 release grml 1.1 rc iso inside 
> VMware workstation 6. I have already done this successfully with grml 1.0.

> However, when I do :

> # fisk /dev/sda

> I get :

> Error: Unable to open /dev/sda : Unrecognized disk label

> This did not happen in grml 1.0 where I was able to create a partition 
> with fdisk on /dev/sda

That's a sad issue, yes. :( See also #445304 [1]

This problem is due to fdisk of util-linux vs. gnu-fdisk.  See my
bugreport #461888 [2] to see what I'd like to get for the future.

Currently we've the problem that we want to ship gnu-fdisk even
though it causes headaches sometimes because it is based on
libparted which supports some features, that util-linux does not
support (GPT for example) but are important for several users.

But there's a known workaround anyway:

  Try fdisk.distrib or cfdisk/cfdisk.distrib instead.

It's also documented in grml's FAQ: http://grml.org/faq/#fdisk
Though I'm thinking about a way to make it even more visible to our
users.

[1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=445304
[2] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=461888

regards,
-mika-
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