Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2417 mails)

[Oddball <monkey9@xxxxxx>]

Sam Clemens schreef:
> Michael Kirchner wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm somewhat a newbie to Linux. (Again)
> >
> > I tried to follow
> >
> > http://en.opensuse.org/Installation_using_images
> >
> > (The reason is that I could not burn the images, something allways 
> > goes wrong.)
> >
> > Anyway, installtion from the image does not work. I could read the 
> > iso and get all packages. Immediatly after setting up Yast and 
> > agreeing to all licences the installation starts and stops with
> >
> > Failed to mount /dev/sda6 on /mnt/var/temp/ap0x00001
> > Mounting media failed
> > (mount: /dev/sda6 already mounted or /mnt/var/temp/ap0x0001 busy)
> >
> > I could not skip this error message.
> >
> > /dev/sda6 is the location of the image. So it might be that the 
> > installtion system tries to again mount, what it already has mounted. 
> > (But IIRC /dev/sda6 was not set up to be mounted as 
> > /windows/something in the expert mode partition setup.)
> >
> > I also tried some other similar things with the iso image unpacked 
> > and then installing with harddrive as source, but it stops at the 
> > same time.
> >
> >
> > Any ideas? Or is the iso image installation simply broken and I have 
> > to try harder for some more burning?
>
> In one of the screens near the beginning, there is an
> opportunity to "check media" before starting your
> installation.  Did you do that to make sure that the
> DVD is correct?
>
> Also, don't accept the default installation.
>
> In addition to a the partitions for swap,
> / and /home, I would advise ALSO slicing off
> some space for /tmp (on modern hard drives,
> 1 GB should be good), and /local and /opt
> for other software.  Commercial products
> typically install themselves in /opt or
> in /local, or /usr/local.  (make a symbolic
> link from /usr/local to /local).
>
> Why?
>
> When you upgrade your system, you want the
> ability to PRESERVE everything within
> those directory trees (/home, /local, and
> /opt), and you want /tmp isolated, because
> that is where temporary files are written.
> In the unfortunate event of a crash, having
> /tmp on a separate filesystem can mean the
> difference between having a system which you
> can boot up and repair, and a system which
> is totally hosed because essential files
> in the operating system got corrupted.
>
> Also, I advise using the XFS filesystem
> for /home, /local, /opt, and /tmp.  Use
> Ext3 for / (and /boot if you decide to
> make that as a seperate partition).
I would make /boot ext2

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Oddball         

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