https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=227988 locilka@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |aj@novell.com ------- Comment #6 from locilka@novell.com 2007-01-05 05:18 MST ------- Well, second stage installation (continuing after the computer reboots) can, of course, be aborted, killed, ... whatever. On the other hand, it should be sufficient only to restart the computer and installation should ask whether you want to continue. See this note in the .changes file: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Wed Oct 18 16:13:12 CEST 2006 - locilka@suse.cz - Added a life-belt into the second stage installation. It can be restarted under these circumstances: 1.) User aborts the installation 2.) Installation process is killed during the installation 3.) Computer is restarted during the installation (reset) The very next time the system is restarted. YaST starts and informs user that the previous installation was aborted/failed. Then users are asked whether they want to rerun the second stage installation (FATE #300422). - yast2-installation-2.14.3 ------------------------------------------------------------------- But, actually, the second stage installation can always fail (in some cases) and user would never reach the root password dialog. Boyd, did this work for you? AJ: What do you think of these two solutions? 1.) Make root-password dialog (as the most important in second stage) the first dialog that opens up in second stage installation. We would have to make sure that everything needed is installed from CD1. This is an easy solution but needn't help. 2.) Move root-password dialog to the first stage? There could be some security reasons that the password (but hashed with MD5, blowfish or burncat) could remain in swap after the system is rebooted. There is a 0.001% chance for that ;) This is not a simple solution and it's worth having a feature in FATE. -- 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.