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Re: [opensuse-factory] Can not install Beta 3, with more than 16 partitons (pata)
  • From: "Carlos E. R." <robin.listas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 13:42:09 +0200 (CEST)
  • Message-id: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0709101340220.17498@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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The Sunday 2007-09-09 at 17:39 +0200, Andreas Jaeger wrote:

> > It searches the partitions, sees there are disks with more than 16
> > partitions, and pops a large warning, recommending to reboot the install
> > with kernel option "hwprobe=-modules.pata".
> 
> That should not happen.  Please file a major bug in bugzilla against
> "Installation"


I did, and the bug is rejected as invalid:

] --- Comment #3 from Thomas Fehr <fehr@xxxxxxxxxx>  2007-09-10 05:10:35 MST ---
] This is normal when you have a IDE disk with more than 15 partitions.
]
] The detection is not automatic. You need to reboot and add the line as
] suggested to you boot options.


What now?  :-/

Those boot options do not work, either.

- -- 
Cheers,
       Carlos E. R.
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