https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231887 Summary: Error during install: can't set swap partition type to 82 Product: openSUSE 10.2 Version: Final Platform: Other OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Installation AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: ammulder@chariotsolutions.com QAContact: jsrain@novell.com I installed openSUSE 10.2 64-bit on my laptop. Then I found that certain things only work well under 32-bit, so I did a new install in 32-bit mode. During both installations, I used the manual partitioning tool in the installer (to shrink the Windows partition, set up an encrypted home partition, etc.). I also choose an install type of "New Installation" both times. The original 64-bit installation succeeded. The subsequent 32-bit installation failed while applying the disk partitioning settings. The error was something like "could not set type to 82 for /dev/sda6" which was my swap partition. I rebooted and tried again, and got the same error in the same place. That time, I switched to the console (Alt-F2 or whatever) and ran fisk manually. I found that not all the partitions I had selected in the partition tool had been created, but the swap partition it was complaining about *had* been created and its type *was* set to 82. I manually created the rest of the partitions. Then I went back to the installer (Alt-F7), and back in the text mode "install failed what do you want to do now" screen I selected to restart the installation. This time I still used the manual partitioning tool but only had to edit existing partitions (not create new ones). This time the installation succeeded. I'm not sure why I got the type 82 error, especially since after the second time I got the error fdisk reported that the type was already set to 82. I don't know what might account for the fact that I didn't get the error during the first installation, other than that the first time I was only consuming space previously used by Windows, and the second time I was deleting an existing extended partition (with existing Linux partitions) and creating a new extended partition with new Linux partitions in its place. -- 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, or are watching someone who is.