https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=727494 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=727494#c2 --- Comment #2 from David Martin 2011-11-03 04:55:42 UTC --- I spent several hours on this last night Nov 1/2 and had to stop. I followed the instruction from http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Bugreport_YaST as best as I could. All I can determine is: 1. var/log/YaST2 is empty. 2. The only file that has any info is /boot.msg about 49KB. 3. I can copy /boot.msg to / (memory I presume) but not to the hard drive or USB stick 4. Could not write or make the USB stick writable. Perhaps because: 5. I carefully follow instructions from http://en.opensuse.org/Live_USB_stick to write ISO images to my 8GB patriot x/t USB. makes the USB read only. # parted /dev/sdc GNU Parted 2.3 Using /dev/sdc Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands. (parted) print Error: Invalid partition table - recursive partition on /dev/sdc. Ignore/Cancel? ignore Model: Patriot Memory (scsi) Disk /dev/sdc: 8020MB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: msdos Number Start End Size Type File system Flags (parted) # fdisk /dev/sdc Command (m for help): p Disk /dev/sdc: 8019 MB, 8019509248 bytes 64 heads, 32 sectors/track, 7648 cylinders, total 15663104 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x41b54730 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdc1 * 0 532479 266240 17 Hidden HPFS/NTFS Command (m for help): q # fdisk /dev/sdc1 Command (m for help): p Disk /dev/sdc1: 272 MB, 272629760 bytes 64 heads, 32 sectors/track, 260 cylinders, total 532480 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x41b54730 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdc1p1 * 0 532479 266240 17 Hidden HPFS/NTFS Command (m for help): So, is this the method that you use? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=727494 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=727494#c4 --- Comment #4 from David Martin 2011-11-03 09:49:07 UTC --- var/log/YaST2/ is empty. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=727494 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=727494#c6 --- Comment #6 from David Martin 2011-11-04 07:41:59 UTC --- (In reply to comment #5)

Did your system work with LInux or openSUSE before using the network card?

Yes. 10.* to 12.1 milestones, most of the net x86_64 builds, Ubuntu, Sabayon, Fedora, Debian. Linuxes especially opensuse seem to really like my PC.

Go to the text console with ctrl-alt-f2 and enter please:

ctrl-alt-F2 doesn't do anything but ctrl-alt-F9 does get me a console where I can direct the commands to a writable SD as isohybrid/imagewriter process makes the USB medium read only. BTW. consoles 3 and 4 are locked so to speak logging data which I gather has not been written.

ifconfig eth0 hwinfo --netcard

And then write the output here.

ifconfig eth0: eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 1C:6F:65:AA:C1:63 BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) Interrupt:49 Base address:0xc000 hwinfo --netcard 39: PCI 600.0: 0200 Ethernet controller [Created at pci.319] Unique ID: rBUF.5rbhBgx50x4 Parent ID: I+Ba.k8kP4VdaZm3 SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:15.1/0000:06:00.0 SysFS BusID: 0000:06:00.0 Hardware Class: network Model: "Realtek RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller" Vendor: pci 0x10ec "Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd." Device: pci 0x8168 "RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller" SubVendor: pci 0x1458 "Giga-byte Technology" SubDevice: pci 0xe000 "GA-EP45-DS5 Motherboard" Revision: 0x06 Driver: "r8169" Driver Modules: "r8169" Device File: eth0 I/O Ports: 0x9e00-0x9eff (rw) Memory Range: 0xfd8ff000-0xfd8fffff (ro,non-prefetchable) Memory Range: 0xfd8f8000-0xfd8fbfff (ro,non-prefetchable) IRQ: 49 (no events) HW Address: 1c:6f:65:aa:c1:63 Link detected: no Module Alias: "pci:v000010ECd00008168sv00001458sd0000E000bc02sc00i00" Driver Info #0: Driver Status: r8169 is active Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe r8169" Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown Attached to: #24 (PCI bridge) -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=727494 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=727494#c zj jia changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |zjjia@suse.com AssignedTo|bnc-team-screening@forge.pr |snwint@suse.com |ovo.novell.com | -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=727494 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=727494#c8 --- Comment #8 from David Martin 2011-11-08 11:09:27 UTC --- Created an attachment (id=460875) --> (http://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=460875) requested file no a big deal for some but the isohybrid/imagewriter method of prepping and copying ISO's to USBs render the USB medium firmly read only so that it is necessary to use a second medium. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=727494 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=727494#c9 Steffen Winterfeldt changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |RESOLVED Resolution| |INVALID --- Comment #9 from Steffen Winterfeldt 2011-11-08 14:06:39 CET --- You are using the network iso and trying to use the usb stick as local install source. That can't work. You can only do network installs with this iso. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.