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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=385699


           Summary: Installer wants to create swap partition which locks out
                    partitioning entirely
           Product: openSUSE 11.0
           Version: Beta 1
          Platform: i386
        OS/Version: Other
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Blocker
          Priority: P5 - None
         Component: Installation
        AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
        ReportedBy: playfield-bbs@xxxxxxx
         QAContact: jsrain@xxxxxxxxxx
          Found By: ---


During installation from DVD (Opensuse 11.0B1) the installation program (both
GUI and text mode) requests to generate a swap partition or a swap file (why is
a swap partition generated at all? Should only be done for low memory
conditions)

If there is only one partition on the harddisk (for example if you upgrade from
an existing MS-Windows system) the installation programm takes the ENTIRE
partition/harddisk sda1 as a swap partition and uses it. Therefore the
following harddisk partitioning section of the installation program refuses to
delete or modify the (already in use) swap partition. This is a complete dead
lock, installation cannot be proceeded.

Circumvention for the moment:
switch to a text terminal (Alt-F2)
turn off swapping: swapoff -a
use fdisk to setup a convenient swap partition (and other partitions like / and
/home)
reboot and use the (new and small) swap partition

Tested on hardware:
laptop Fujitsu Siemens Amilo Pro V2035
224 MB RAM (256 MB main - 32 MB for VGA)
display 1280x800


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