Error trying to restore GPT partition tables on multiple Dell machines

[Tom Elliott]

@vanopy I might suggest clearing all partition tables using sgdisk -Z /dev/sda

Then try:
(using the d1.minimum.partitions as I requested to be modified.)
sfdisk /dev/sda < /images/winv10.3/d1.minimum.partitions

From there can you get us the screenshot?

[vanopy]

@Tom-Elliott Ok, so this is what I’ve done and got:

Want me to try to deploy again now?

[Tom Elliott]

@vanopy don’t try to deploy yet as it will still error out the same way.

What’s output when you run:
partprobe /dev/sda; fdisk -l /dev/sda

[vanopy]

@Tom-Elliott This is the output I’m getting:

[Tom Elliott]

@vanopy Is this what your d1.minimum.partitions file looks like?

label: gpt
label-id: 2B93DFE7-2C81-4C8A-9000-BEF1E8E64AA3
device: /dev/nvme0n1
unit: sectors
first-lba: 34
last-lba: 1000215182

/dev/nvme0n1p1 : start= 2048, size= 204800, type=C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B, uuid=1257976B-8CEF-4391-8FD8-815CAC3B26B6, name="EFI system partition", attrs="GUID:63"
/dev/nvme0n1p2 : start= 206848, size= 32768, type=E3C9E316-0B5C-4DB8-817D-F92DF00215AE, uuid=D1113659-47AF-43F3-9E7A-BC08C44268CE, name="Microsoft reserved partition", attrs="GUID:63"
/dev/nvme0n1p3 : start= 239616, size= 3665920, type=DE94BBA4-06D1-4D40-A16A-BFD50179D6AC, uuid=295314FF-104B-45AB-A1F1-5CBFDC52CBB8, name="Basic data partition", attrs="RequiredPartition GUID:63"
/dev/nvme0n1p4 : start= 3905536, size= 59116948, type=EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7, uuid=EE33BD1E-F4CA-4E1A-91E7-FECA59FA53CA, name="Basic data partition"

[vanopy]

@Tom-Elliott I believe so, this is how it looks:

[Tom Elliott]

@vanopy Why are all the quotes listed as .?

[vanopy]

@Tom-Elliott Good question, I just copy/pasted them from what you gave me, just noticed myself.
I’ll edit those and see if that changes anything.

[vanopy]

@Tom-Elliott Ok, so I’ve replaced the . by ", but it doesn’t really change anything, I’m still getting exactly the same error when I run the commands.

[Tom Elliott]

Can you paste the contents of your d1.minimum.partitions here?

There may appear to be an error, but that’s not a bad thing in and of itself. The reason it failed to create any other partitions was because line 8 (the first partition) had met symbols that didn’t make sense (the .)

Replacing all of the . with " should allow the partitions to at least get created.

[vanopy]

@Tom-Elliott

label: gpt
label-id: 2B93DFE7-2C81-4C8A-9000-BEF1E8E64AA3
device: /dev/nvme0n1
unit: sectors
first-lba: 34
last-lba: 1000215182

/dev/nvme0n1p1 : start= 2048, size= 204800, type=C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B, uuid=1257976B-8CEF-4391-8FD8-815CAC3B26B6, name=“EFI system partition”, attrs=“GUID:63”
/dev/nvme0n1p2 : start= 206848, size= 32768, type=E3C9E316-0B5C-4DB8-817D-F92DF00215AE, uuid=D1113659-47AF-43F3-9E7A-BC08C44268CE, name=“Microsoft reserved partition”, attrs=“GUID:63”
/dev/nvme0n1p3 : start= 239616, size= 3665920, type=DE94BBA4-06D1-4D40-A16A-BFD50179D6AC, uuid=295314FF-104B-45AB-A1F1-5CBFDC52CBB8, name=“Basic data partition”, attrs=“RequiredPartition GUID:63”
/dev/nvme0n1p4 : start= 3905536, size= 59116948, type=EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7, uuid=EE33BD1E-F4CA-4E1A-91E7-FECA59FA53CA, name=“Basic data partition”

[vanopy]

Ticket can be closed for me.
I’ve captured a completely new image, before doing so, I’ve shrunk the disk, just to make sure.
Deployment is now working as expected for me.
Thanks for your assistance.