Details. I am trying to install Debian 9.5.0 on a 2 TB drive in a Dell computer with an Intel i7 processor. I tried the net install first, then a DVD install, both graphical and non-graphical. They are clearly all using the same script. The drive already has 5 bootable partitions managed by BiBM, and I want to put Debian 9.5.0 in as #6. The partitioner sees 3 primary partitions and a lot of "free space." BiBM is using "embr" disk control, presenting the installer with 3 primary partitions and hiding the rest of the hard drive. The relevant part of the layout appears to the partitioner as follows:
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pri/log 31.5 GB FREE SPACE
#1 primary 31.5 GB B f ext4 /
pri/log 130.1 GB FREE SPACE
If I select "No" I am returned to the partitioner. If I select "Yes" I am returned to the partitioner. If I go back to the installer main menu and try to bypass the partitioner, I am again returned to the partitioner. There appears to be no way to get the partitioner to do its job and move on.The partition /dev/sda1 assigned to / starts at an offset of 2048 bytes from the minimum alignment for this disk, which may lead to very poor performance... Since you are formatting this partition, delete the partition and recreate it in the same position with the same settings. Do you want to return to the partitioning menu? () No () Yes.
If I go directly to the command prompt option from the main menu, (1) the /target folder does not exist, and the Busybox does not have a formatter. If I follow the quoted advice, it seems likely that the formatter will grab all the "free space" around the deleted partition for itself.
Does anyone have a suggestion how to get around this? What MBR layout is the partitioner looking for? BiBM has given it
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Start End
c h s fs c h s LBA Sector
1023 0 1 83h 1023 254 63 3591427140 61432560
If there is no workaround for this, where can I find the installer script? Perhaps I can find the branch point for the "No" option in the quote above and redirect it.
Thanks for any help you can give me!