Hi, Rajko M. wrote:
I would like to check this again.
As my problem is solved and my mind is on other thinks I am a bit reluctant to go through all this. But lets see ...
First, if you had files in second windows partition that would be /dev/sda5 if it was in basic windows partition (with windows directory) it would be /dev/sda1 . The /dev/sda6 should be the new one, created in 4 GB empty space. In Linux /dev/sda1-4 are primary partitions. First logical partition is /dev/sda5, even if logical partition is created as second ie. /dev/sda2. That means that you can use /dev/sda3 and /dev/sda4 for another 2 primary partitions, and Linux has no problem that partitions are out of order.
OK. But I have more than one logical windows partion. sda5 sda6 ...
The 'fdisk' noted that partitions are not in disk order and that is all. You can see that: - /dev/sda2 is extended, - /dev/sda3 comes before /dev/sda2 on disk, - /dev/sda4 is missing and system works fine.
OK. What is the point?
Maybe you should post your partition table using fdisk on some live CD. The openSUSE has one. Knoppix is another one.
I do not see why my partition table should be the problem. It was created and modified by gparted with systemrescuecd. Do you suspect it not to be able to write a good partition table? I am unsure where this leads. However, by now I had to repartition the drive, so the information is lost.
Reading the error again: "Failed to mount /dev/sda6 on /mnt/var/temp/ap0x00001 Mounting media failed (mount: /dev/sda6 already mounted or /mnt/var/temp/ap0x0001 busy)"
You should verify which was the case: /dev/sda6 was mounted or /mnt/var/temp/ap0x0001 was busy
I guess first one was culprit as /dev/sda6 (4 GB) was probably in installation
sda6 was a ntfs drive with about 40G or 60G.
proposal to be included in the system, and it was mounted.
No. I wrote this in my first 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.) That is because I am quite sure to had it deleted as mount point after the first failed attempt.
To check, you can press Ctrl-Alt-F2 to get to the command prompt. To return to graphic installation you can press Alt-F7.
I tried to switch to a console but I could not leave the error message. I am not sure which key combinations I used. Alt-F2/Alt-F9 without ctrl does not work?
On command prompt you can use command 'mount' : # mount it will list what is mounted. You can check before you confirm installation, and after you get error. Don't dismiss error before you check what is mounted in that moment.
Certainly.
I'm running installation in virtual machine right now and when it is finished I'll make few checks. I don't think that is anything special with NTFS partition that will prevent installation. If installation program is using old read-only driver, it should be fine, as iso is mounted read only anyway.
OK, I thought about this and my position is: - I have a running system at the moment - to test your idea I would have to deinstall everything and then reinstall twice, once with error, once again working - the problem is minor and exotic, I could not even get some of the pros here to understand what is going on - reproducability is zilch, as I am up to now the only one to have observed this and that might be simply because I did something wrong - I am not an expert, I am not even a beginner -> It is not worth me trying to find the deep down cause for the problem. Sorry, but that is as it is. Thanks for the help. Regards, -- Michael Thomas Kirchner -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org