[opensuse-autoinstall] "Error while configuring partitions. Try again"

25 Sep 2007

      Hi folks,

Google brought me to you.  I see 2 other people have reported this
problem but I don't see exactly the variant I have here.

 I have just downloaded Opensuse 10.2 for x86_64 and after my first
installation I clicked the box to have it save the configuration for
Autoyast.  Then I booted the new system and retrieved the file, and
stuck it on my install server, where the contents of the DVD are as
well.

Note that the only change I made to the file was something I found
also with Google about editing the specifics on the ethernet card and
changing it to "eth0" from the default which includes the MAC.  I made
no change to HD configuration.

Then to initiate the install I boot the first CD from Opensuse 10.2,
and select the "Installation" option.  Then in the "append" space
below I enter my "install=http://blah/blah autoyast=http://blah/blah"

It chugs along fine.  If it matters, my network does not have DHCP so
it fails the first time, then comes back with a prompt so I can
manually enter network info.  After entering the info it takes 3 or 4
retries for the network to come up.  Then Autoyast seems to chug right
along.  Until it gets to the disk partition.

Below is that section of the XML file.  Note I do not see a size of
"max" anywhere there.   That seemed to be the problem for someone else
who reported this.

Note the partitioning is precisely what Yast came up with on it's own
for the first installation.

thanks,
-Alan

  <partitioning config:type="list">
    <drive>
      <device>/dev/sda</device>
      <partitions config:type="list">
        <partition>
          <filesystem config:type="symbol">ext3</filesystem>
          <format config:type="boolean">true</format>
          <label>/boot</label>
          131
          1
          primary
          <size>131571712</size>
        </partition>
        <partition>
          <filesystem config:type="symbol">ext3</filesystem>
          <format config:type="boolean">true</format>
          <label>/</label>
          131
          2
          primary
          <size>4293596160</size>
        </partition>
        <partition>
          <filesystem config:type="symbol">ext3</filesystem>
          <format config:type="boolean">true</format>
          <label>/recovery</label>
          131
          3
          primary
          <size>1077511168</size>
        </partition>
        <partition>
          5
          4
          <size>244496447488</size>
        </partition>
        <partition>
          <filesystem config:type="symbol">swap</filesystem>
          <format config:type="boolean">true</format>
          <label>SWAP-hda5</label>
          <mount>swap</mount>
          130
          5
          <size>1077479424</size>
        </partition>
        <partition>
          <filesystem config:type="symbol">ext3</filesystem>
          <format config:type="boolean">true</format>
          131
          6
          <size>21476173824</size>
        </partition>
        <partition>
          <filesystem config:type="symbol">ext3</filesystem>
          <format config:type="boolean">true</format>
          <mount>/</mount>
          131
          7
          <size>21476173824</size>
        </partition>
        <partition>
          <filesystem config:type="symbol">ext3</filesystem>
          <format config:type="boolean">true</format>
          <mount>/home</mount>
          131
          8
          <size>200466491392</size>
        </partition>
      </partitions>
      <use>all</use>
    </drive>
  </partitioning>

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[opensuse-autoinstall] "Error while configuring partitions. Try again"

Alan McKay